Anzu Archive

Gigantic Bird Ziz Is One Of Participants At Messianic Banquet At The End Of Days In Jewish Folklore

AncientPages.com | May 8, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ziz is a giant bird found in Hebrew cosmogony and a creature that belongs to the celestial sphere. Its head touches the sky,

Sacred Bird Garuda And Stealing Of Amrita Drink Of Immortality From The Gods

AncientPages.com | June 5, 2019

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The holy bird Garuda is one of the most interesting figures in the Hindu pantheon. Garuda (not a god himself) is half-man, half-bird, and

Votive relief showing evil bird-god Anzu/Imdugud, during the rule of Entemena, King of Lagash, 2400 BC. Credits: Louvre

Babylonian Story Of Bird-God Anzu ‘The Wise One’ And His Underworld Realm

AncientPages.com | December 10, 2016

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