Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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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 "Hurabtil" | Elamite / Iran | God of uncertain status. Known only from påśśing mention in Akkadian texts. Also Lahurabtil.... |
God name "Hurabtil Elamite" | Iran | A god known only from being mentioned in Akkadia texts |
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.... |
God name "Ilabrat" | Mesopotamia / Babylon / Akkadia | A minor god, heavy into politics |
God name "Ilabrat" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. The attendant and minister of state of the chief sky god ANU.... |
Goddess name "Inana, Istar,Ishtar" | Akkadian / Sumerian | The most important of all Mesopotamian goddesses, and a multi-faceted personality, occurring in cuneiform texts of all periods. The Sumerian name probably means "Lady of heaven", and the Akkadian name Ishtar is related to the Syrian Astarte and the biblical Ashtaroth is usually considered as a daughter of Anzu, with her cult located in Uruk, but there are other traditions as to her ancestry, and it is probable that these reflect originally different goddesses that were identified with her. Ishtar is the subiect of a cycle of texts describing her love affair and ultimately fatal relationship with Tammuz. |
Goddess name "Is'ara" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian / / western Semitic | Goddess of marriage and childbirth. Also a deity concerned with the enforcing of oaths. Known chiefly from early inscriptions and some Akkadian texts. Her Mesopotamian cult center was the Babylonian town of Kisurra, but she is also thought to have been worshiped across a wide area among Syrians, Canaanites and Hittites. Her symbol is the scorpion. Also Es ara.... |
God name "Isimud" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Messenger god. Readily identified by possessing two faces looking in opposite directions, Isimud is the messenger of the god ENKI. Also Isinu; Usumu (Akkadian).... |
Goddess name "Istar" | Akkadia | Goddess of fertility and war known as the star of heaven Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
Goddess name "Istar/ Estar" | Mesopotamia / Babylon / Akkadia | A goddess of fertility & war known as the star of heaven |
God name "Isum" | Akkadia | Minor god, possibly a god of fire Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
God name "Isum" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Minor god. The brother of SAMAS', the Sun god, and an attendant of the plague god ERRA. He may have been a god of fire and, according to texts, led the gods in war as a herald but was nonetheless generally regarded as benevolent. Known particularly from the Babylonian legend of Erra and Isum. Also ENDURSAGA.... |
God name "Kaka" | Akkadia | Minor god with political pull Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
God name "Kakka" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Minor god. He was the attendant and minister of state to both ANU and ANS AR, and is known particularly from the text of Nergal and Ere skigal.... |
Demon name "Kingu" | Akkadia | A demon mentioned in the creation epic |
Demon name "Kingu" | Akkadia | demon mentioned in the creation epic Akkadia |
God name "Kisar" | Akkadia | Primordial god / dess Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |