Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Zarpanitu" | Babylonian | A birth goddess and a consort of Marduk. Babylonian |
God name "Enki aka Ea" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | A deity later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology, originally chief God of the city of Eridu. Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
Deity name "Dun-shagga" | Babylonian | A local deity. Babylonian |
Deity name "Dumu-zi-zuab" | Babylonian | A local deity. Nebo, under this name, is described as a son of the deep. Babylonian |
Goddess name "Ama-arhus" | Akkadian | Babylonian and Akkadian fertility goddess |
God name "Ninkarnunna" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Barber god. An attendant of the god Ninurta.... |
Goddess name "Bel" | Akkadian | Bel became especially used of the Babylonian god Marduk and when found in Assyrian and neo-Babylonian personal names or mentioned in inscriptions in Mesoptamian context it can usually be taken as referring to Marduk and no other god. Similarly Belit without some disambiguation mostly refers to Bel Marduk's spouse Sarpanit. However Marduk's mother, the Sumerian goddess called Ninhursag, Ningal and Ninmah and other names in Sumerian, was often known as Belit-ili 'Lady of the Gods' in Akkadian. |
Goddess name "Zarpanitu(m)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Birth goddess. The consort of MARDIJK whose marriage was celebrated annually at New Year in Babylon. Also Erua; SARPANITJM.... |
God name "Dumu-zi" | Babylonian | Child of life. A god of the Sun. Babylonian |
Goddess name "Anunnaki" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Children and courtiers of the god of heaven. Known from at least 2500 BC until circa 200BC (in Babylon). The Anunnaki originate as chthonic fertility deities but later feature as the seven fearsome judges of the underworld who answer to Kur and ERES KIGAL and who are responsible for påśśing sentences of death including that placed on the goddess INANA. They are often closely identified with the IGIGI.... |
God name "Sulman(u)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian / / western Semitic | Chthonic and fertility deity. Also identified as a war god. Found in Assyria circa 1400 BC to 700 BC and known from Bronze Age inscriptions at Sidon.... |
Goddess name "NAMMU" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian / Iraq | Chthonic creator and birth goddess. Nammu is identified in various texts as the goddess of the watery deeps. As a consort of AN she is the mother of ENKI and the power of the riverbed to produce water. Alternatively Nammu is the progenitrix of An and KI, the archetypal deities of heaven and earth. She also engendered other early gods and in one poem is the mother of all mortal life. She molded clay collected by creatures called sig-en-sig-du and brought it to life, thus creating mankind. She is attended by seven minor goddesses and may ultimately have become syncretized with NINHURSAG A.... |
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 "Ninkigal" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Chthonic god. Worshiped at Ur and Umma during the period of the third dynasty of Ur. Celebrations included the eses monthly lunar festivals.... |
God name "Manmngal" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. A minor deity, the consort of birdU.... |
Goddess name "Neti" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. Chief gatekeeper of the netherworld. The servant of the goddess ERES KIGAL. Neti features prominently in the epic legend of Inanas Descent into the underworld when he opens the seven gates of the realm and admits the goddess, removing one emblem of her power at the threshold of each gate.... |
God name "Dur" | Kassite / Iran | Chthonic underworld god. Equates with the Babylonian-Akkadian god NERGAL.... |
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.... |