Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Eimesarra" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic god of the law. According to texts he controls the me's or Divine rules.... |
God name "Emes" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | vegetation god. Emes was created at the wish of ENLIL to take responsibility on earth for woods, fields, sheep folds and stables. He is identified with the abundance of the earth and with summer. An unidentified deity who is depicted iconographically with a plough may well be Emes.... |
God name "Enbilulu" | Sumerian | A river god in charge of the sacred rivers Tigris and Euphrates. He was also the deity of canals, irrigation and farming. Sumerian |
God name "Enbilulu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | River god. In creation mythology he is placed in charge of the sacred rivers Tigris and Euphrates by the god ENKI. He is also god of canals, irrigation and farming. In Babylonian times he becomes the son of EA and is syncretized with ADAD.... |
God name "Endursaga (lofty mace)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Herald god. He leads the Sumerian pantheon particularly in times of conflict. Also IS UM (Akkadian).... |
God name "Enlil" | Sumeria | God of air and weather. One of four Sumerian creating gods. Sumeria |
God name "Enmesharra" | Sumerian | A god of the underworld who often worked with Enbilulu to bring water to the surface of the earth. Sumerian |
God name "Ennugi" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. The attendant and throne-bearer of ENLIL (ELLIL).... |
God name "Enten" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Fertility god. Created by ENLIL as a guardian deity of farmers alongside the minor god EMES , Enten was given specific responsibility for the fertility of ewes, goats, cows, donkeys, birds and other animals. He is identified with the abundance of the earth and with the Winter period.... |
Goddess name "Ezinu" | Sumerian | The Sumerian goddess of grain. |
Goddess name "Galla" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor underworld gods. Attendants of the goddess ERES KIGAL. Also Gallu.... |
Goddess name "Gangir" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess. One of the seven daughters of the goddess Baba, known chiefly at Lagas'. Also, and more properly, Hegir-Nuna.... |
Goddess name "Gatumdug" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. The daughter of the sky god AN, she is the tutelary mother goddess of Lagas'.... |
God name "Gerra" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of fire. Derived from the Sumerian GIBIL, he is the son of ANU and ANUNITU and becomes largely syncretized with both ERRA and NERGAL.... |
Goddess name "Gestinanna" | Sumerian | An oracular Goddess and an interpreter of dreams. Also fond of sheep. Sumerian |
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.... |