Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Leiwani" | Hittite / Hurrian | Chthonic underworld goddess. Associated with charnel houses and probably modeled on the Sumerian ERES KIGAL.... |
Goddess name "Lilith" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of desolation. She is perceived as a demonic figure who, in the epic legend of Gilgames and the Huluppu Tree takes up residence in INANA'S holy tree growing on the banks of the Euphrates in Unug. When the hero Gilgames attacks Lilith she escapes into the desert wastes.... |
God name "Lugal-Irra" | Akkadia | Chthonic underworld god Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Lugal-Irra" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. Probably a minor variation of ERRA, the Babylonian plague god. The prefix Lugal means lord. Often coupled with MES LAM TAEA, god of war.... |
Deity name "Lulal" | Sumeria | The younger son of Inanna. He was the patron deity of Bad-tibira while his older brother, Shara was located at neighboring Umma. Sumeria |
God name "Lulal" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of uncertain status. Mentioned as living in BadtIbira in the Sumerian text Descent of Inana. Also linked with a god Latarak.... |
Goddess name "Mami" | Sumeria | Goddess of drunkenness and midwives Sumeria |
Goddess name "Mami" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Mother goddess. Identified in the Atrahasis texts and other creation legends and probably synonymous with NINHURSAG A. She was involved in the creation of mankind from clay and blood. The name almost certainly came into use because it is the first word that a child formulates. Also Mama; Mammitum.... |
Goddess name "Mami/ Mama" | Sumeria | A goddess of drunkenness & midwives |
God name "Manmngal" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. A minor deity, the consort of birdU.... |
God name "Manungal" | Akkadia | Chthonic underworld god Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Martu" | Sumeria | 'He who dwells on the pure mountain' and is sometimes described as a 'shepherd', a son of the sky-god Anu. Sumeria |
God name "Martu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Tutelary god. The patron god of the city of Ninab mentioned in the texts but never re-discovered. Probably not a true Sumerian deity but adopted from an unknown western Semitic culture. He is sometimes identified as a storm god.... |
God name "Me Na/ Ninmenta" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | Unknown god |
God name "Mes Ai Du" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. Probably an alternative title for the Sun god (see S AMAS ).... |
God name "Mes An Du" | Akkadia | God Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Mes Lam Taea" | Akkadia | God of war but thought to be an aggressive aspect of the chthonic underworld god Nergal Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Mes Lam Taea" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of war. An aggressive aspect of the chthonic underworld god NERGAL. Often linked with the god LUGAL-IRRA.... |