Mesopotamian Mythology Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - While we might believe we have a comprehensive understanding of ancient religious beliefs in Mesopotamia, certain sacred texts suggest the presence of a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Lamashtu Plaque' (or 'Hell Plaque') was an Assyrian healing device against the female demon Lamashtu and her evil doings. Lamashtu plaque held by
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Myths & Legends
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sirrush (Mushrush, Mushrushu) is a hybrid creature depicted on the Ishtar gate in Babylon. It resembles a dragon or a griffin, and it is the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Babylonian mythology, Irkalla was the underworld from which there was no return. The realm of the dead or the lower world was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The goddess of the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk is known as Inanna. She is frequently mentioned in academic literature. During the early
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to surviving clay tablet dated by the scribe who wrote around 2125 BC during the reign of King Utukhegal of Erech (Uruk),
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enmerkar is a mythological, semi-historical character from Sumerian legends. He represents the first dynasty (3500 - 2750 BC), including great Mesopotamian heroes, Meskiaggasher (his
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) beliefs, Adad was a god of atmospheric phenomena. He mastered and controlled rains and floods, thunder, lightning, and storms. His
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Adapa was an exciting figure mentioned in ancient Mesopotamian myths and legends. He was one of the seven Apkallu, Antediluvian demi-gods, and sages created by God
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Sumerian mythology, Nammu (Namma) was the "primeval sea" - the ultimate origin of everything. The goddess Nammu gave birth to the heavens and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Mesopotamian myth and legends there are stories about very curious looking beings known as the Apkallu. These fish-man hybrids, occasionally depicted with
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Alulim is a mysterious being in Mesopotamian mythology. Just like the Babylonian god Oannes, he is described as a mermaid-deity. It is said that Alulim was
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ninkasi was a Sumerian goddess of beer and alcohol worshiped in Mesopotamia, an area between the large rivers known as Tigris and Euphrates, that
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Nabu was among the most prestigious Babylonian-Assyrian gods, but he earned his importance much later in the first millennium BC. At a time, he
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sumerian pantheon included many deities but initially, the most important of them were Anu, Enlil, Enki, and Ninhursag. In this article, we present
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mighty and robust bearded warrior Gilgamesh is remembered as semi-divine King of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The greatest hero of Mesopotamia is believed to
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge about the Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs comes from literary texts recorded on cuneiform clay tablets and most of this material is Sumerian. According
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - EN.KI ("Lord of Earth"), was the Sumerian water god of Eridu, located in the southern wetlands of what is today Iraq. He was also
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - MessageToEagle.com - Known as Lady of the Sea and mother goddess, Asherah is one of the oldest deities in the Sumerian and Ugaritic pantheon. Goddess
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Nanna was a Moon God in the mythology of the ancient Near East. He was one of the most important gods in the pantheons of ancient Sumer. In
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ereshkigal, a granddaughter of Enlil, is the queen of the underworld or Irkalla ( the land of the dead). She is older sister of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Sumer had a very complex pantheon of gods and goddesses, but four of these powerful figures played an important role because they were
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Only a fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sumerian writing was invented in the second half of the fourth millennium BC. Initially it was used to write Sumerian language; later, however,
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Mesopotamian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Epic of Gilgamesh' is not the first literary source that mentions the name 'Gilgamesh,' who was the fifth ruler of the dynasty of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An interesting – though only fragmentary – Babylonian myth tells the story of Anzu/Zu (‘the wise one’), the bird god, whose home is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The belief that spirits resided in the underground world can be encountered among many ancient civilizations. These spirits could be either good or evil.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our quest for the legendary Tree of Life takes us to a place in Mesopotamia that is sometimes referred to as the Grove of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shamash was the Sun god in the mythology of the ancient Near East. He was associated with truth, justice, and healing and was one of the
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - The 'Epic of Gilgamesh' - devoted to gods, mortals, and monsters - is considered one of the first masterpieces of World Literature and tells the story of
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