Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Gestin-Ana" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic goddess. The sister of DUMUZI and consort of Ningisida. The so-called heavenly grape-vine, this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of INANA and ERESKIGAL. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.... |
God name "Gestu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god of intellect. According to legend he was sacrificed by the great gods and his blood was used in the creation of mankind.... |
God name "Gibil" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Fire god. The son of AN and KI. By the Akkadian period he becomes known as GERRA.... |
Spirit name "Gidim" | Sumerian | The spirits of the dead, living in the Netherworld. Sumerian |
God name "Gilgamesh" | Greek | A demigod of superhuman strength who built a great wall to defend his people from external threats, a sort of Sumerian equivalent to the Greek Heracles. |
God name "Giszida" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. See Nin-giszida. See also NINGISZIDA.... |
Goddess name "Gubarra" | Sumerian | Fire goddess. Sumerian |
Goddess name "Gugulanna" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Minor underworld deity. The consort of the goddess ERESiKIGAL, mentioned as the pretext on which the fertility goddess INANA descends to the netherworld.... |
Goddess name "Gula (great one)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Goddess of healing. Consort of NINURTA. Her animal is the dog. She may be synonymous with NIN'INSINA. Also mentioned in Hellenistic Babylonian times. A Gula temple is described at Uruk. Also NINTINUGGA.... |
Goddess name "Gunura" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | deity of uncertain status. Described variously as the husband of the goddess NIN'INSINA and the father of Damu (DUMUZI), but also as the sister of Damu.... |
God name "Gusilim (loud voice)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | God. See also ISTARAN.... |
God name "Hahanu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of uncertain function. Known from påśśing reference in texts and from inscriptions.... |
God name "Hanis" | Sumerian | A small-time god who, along with Sullat will escort Adad when he brings the flood. Sumerian |
God name "Hayasum" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. Known from texts, but of uncertain function.... |
God name "Hendursaga" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of the law. He was titled by Gudea of Lagas herald of the land of Sumer.... |
God name "Huban" | Elamite / Iran | Tutelary god. Equating with the Sumerian ENLIL.... |
God name "IS KUR" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Iraq | storm god. The chief Rain and thunder god of herdsmen, Iskur is described as the brother of the Sun god UTU. In creation mythology Iskur is given charge over the winds, the so-called silver lock of the heart of heaven, by the god ENKI. According to some authors, in prehistoric times he was perceived as a bull or as a lion whose roar is the thunder. He may be depicted as a warrior riding across the skies in a chariot, dispensing Raindrops and hailstones. In one text he is identified as the son of AN and twin brother of Enki. He is to be compared with NINURTA who was primarily a god of farmers. He was also adopted by the Hittites as a storm god.... |
God name "Igigi" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Collective name of a clåśś of gods. The group of younger sky gods in the pantheon headed by ENLIL (ELLIL). They are often described in the texts in conjunction with the ANUNNAKI.... |