Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Gibil" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Fire god. The son of AN and KI. By the Akkadian period he becomes known as GERRA.... |
God name "Giszida" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. See Nin-giszida. See also NINGISZIDA.... |
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.... |
Goddess name "Hadad" | Western Semitic / Syrian / Phoenician | weather god. Derived from the Akkadian deity ADAD. In texts found at the site of the ancient Canaanite capital of Ugarit [Ras Samra] , the name of Hadad apparently becomes a substitute for that of BAAL. His voice is described as roaring from the clouds and his weapon is the thunderbolt. His mother is the goddess ASERAH. During Hellenic times he was predominantly worshiped at Ptolemais and Hierapolis. His Syrian consort is ATARGATIS, who overshadowed him in local popularity at Hierapolis. Statues of the two deities were carried in procession to the sea twice yearly. According to the Jewish writer Josephus, Hadad also enjoyed a major cult following at Damascus in the eighth and ninth centuries BC. By the third century BC the Hadad-Atargatis cult had extended to Egypt, when he becomes identified as the god SUTEKH. In the Greek tradition his consort becomes HERA.See also ADAD.... |
God name "Hahanu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of uncertain function. Known from påśśing reference in texts and from inscriptions.... |
Goddess name "Hala" | Kassite / Iraq | Goddess of healing. Probably later syncretized with the Akkadian goddess GULA.... |
God name "Hani(s)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. The attendant of ADAD and linked with SULLAT.... |
God name "Hani[s]" | Mesopotamia / Babylon / Akkadia | A minor god |
God name "Hayasum" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. Known from texts, but of uncertain function.... |
God name "Hendursaga" | Akkadia | God of law Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
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. |