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  2. List of Mesopotamian deities - Wikipedia

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    In Assyrian texts Bel was a title of Ashur, rather than Marduk. [84] Nabu: Borsippa, [85] Kalhu [86] Mercury [85] Nabu was the Mesopotamian god of scribes and writing. [85] His wife was the goddess Tashmetu [85] and he may have been associated with the planet Mercury, [85] though the evidence has been described as “circumstantial” by ...

  3. Babylonian Religion and Mythology - Wikipedia

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    In 1898, another scholar Morris Jastrow Jr. published The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. The book explores the gods, myths, and rituals at the heart of Babylonian and Assyrian culture, highlighting major deities such as Marduk, Ishtar, and Enlil. [7] It also discusses religious practices, including temple worship, sacrifices, and divination.

  4. Ashur (god) - Wikipedia

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    Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (Sumerian: π’€­π’ŠΉ, romanized: AN.ŠARβ‚‚, Assyrian cuneiform: π’€­π’ŠΉ Aš-šur, π’€­π’€€π’‡³π’Š¬ ᡈa-šurβ‚„) [1] was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conversion to Christianity between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.

  5. Ancient Mesopotamian religion - Wikipedia

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    The god Marduk and his dragon MušαΈ«uššu. Ancient Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of man, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC [1] and 400 AD.

  6. Family tree of the Babylonian gods - Wikipedia

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    The Babylonian Genesis (PDF) (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-32399-4. Jordan, Michael. (2014). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438109855. Leeming, David Adams. (2005). The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0. Leick ...

  7. An = Anum - Wikipedia

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    The first four tablets list the major gods and goddesses (Anu, Enlil, Ninhursag, Enki, Sin, Shamash, Adad and Ishtar) and their courts, arranged according to theological principles, but tablets V and VI do not appear to follow a clear system, and tablet VII is a late appendix listing the names of Marduk and one of his courtiers.

  8. Sebitti - Wikipedia

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    The Sebitti also appear in Assyrian palaces alongside other protector demons and deities, in relief along the walls of the palace. [1] Two plaques from the palace of Assurbanipal likely contain the group, one with three gods and the opposite with four. [1] Each are armed with a hatchet and a dagger. [1]

  9. Religions of the ancient Near East - Wikipedia

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    On the ethical sides, the religion of Babylonia more particularly, and to a less extent that of Assyria, advances to noticeable conceptions of the qualities associated with the Gods and Goddesses and of the duties imposed on man. Shamash, the Sun-God, was invested with justice as his chief trait, Marduk is portrayed as full of mercy and ...