Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Samas'" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Sun god. The patron deity of Sippar and Larsa. His consort is the mother goddess A-A. S amas derives from the god UTU in the Sumerian pantheon. He is åśśociated with justice. His symbol is the Sun disc and a star surrounded with radiating Sunbeams. He may carry a single-headed scimitar embellished with a panther head. His sanctuary is known as the E-babbar. Also åśśociated with human-headed bulls. His attendant deities include Mes aru, justice, and Kettu, righteousness. He came to much greater prominence in the pantheon at Babylon from about the eighteenth century BC.... |
God name "Samia" | Greek | A daughter of the river-god Maeander, and wife of Ancaeus, by whom she became the mother of Samos. Samia also occurs as a surname of Hera, which is derived from her temple and worship in the island of Samos. Greek |
Planet name "Samiasa" | Jewish | A seraph, who fell in love with Aholibamah, a granddaughter of Cain, and when the flood came, carried her under his wing to some other planet. Jewish |
God name "Sapas" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Sun god. Modeled on the Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) god SAMAS.... |
Goddess name "Sarra lntu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. Originally the tutelary deity of the city of Su-Sin. By Hellenistic times she probably became the more important goddess Sarrahitu who is included in the pantheon at Uruk and mentioned in various cult texts where she is described as the bride and was presumably involved in a sacred marriage ceremony.... |
Goddess name "Sarrahitu" | Akkadia | Goddess of fertility who started out being Tutelary goddess of the city of Su-Sin Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
Goddess name "Sarrahitu/ Sarra Itu" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadia | A fertility goddess that started out being the tutelary goddess of the city of Su-Sin |
Goddess name "Sauska" | Mesopotamia | Goddess of healing Mesopotamia |
God name "Sebitti" | Akkadia | Collective name for the minor war gods Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
God name "Sebitti" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Group of minor war gods. The children of the god ANU who follow the war god ERRA into battle. They are, in alternative traditions, of good or evil influence. In Greek tradition they become the Pleiades.... |
God name "Selardi" | Urartian / Armenia | moon god. The counterpart of the Mesopotamian deity SIN.... |
Goddess name "Serida" | Mesopotamia | Mother goddess Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
Goddess name "Serida" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Mother goddess. Became known as AYA in the Akkadian pantheon.... |
Goddess name "Siduri" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor goddess of brewing. Also identified with wisdom.... |
God name "Sin" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | moon god. Derived from the older Sumerian model of NANNA. His consort is NIKKAL (NINGAL). He is symbolized by the new moon and perceived as a bull whose horns are the crescent of the moon. Cult centers are identified at Ur, Harran and Neirab. Also Suen (archaic).... |
Goddess name "Sirara" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Goddess of the Persian Gulf. In creation mythology she is given charge over the waters of the Gulf by the god ENKI.... |
God name "Sirsir" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of mariners. The guardian of boatmen.... |
Goddess name "Sirtur" | Akkadia | Goddess of sheep Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |