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Mythology portal; Asia portal; NOTE: Since the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and others all shared essentially the same pantheon and belief systems, the Sumerian and Akkadian (and Assyro-Babylonian) articles should be combined under the Mesopotamian mythology / deities / legendary creatures categories.
Lugalbanda was an early legendary king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, who was later declared to be a god. [425] He is the husband of the goddess Ninsun and the father of the mortal hero Gilgamesh. [425] He is mentioned as a god alongside Ninsun in a list of deities as early as the Early Dynastic Period. [425]
Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.. The goddess Lama appears initially as a mediating goddess who precedes the orans and presents them to the deities. [3] The protective deity is clearly labelled as Lam(m)a in a Kassite stele unearthed at Uruk, in the temple of Ishtar, goddess to which she had been dedicated by king Nazi-Maruttash (1307–1282 BC). [9]
Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq.
Lamassu, Assyrian deity, bull/lion-eagle-human hybrid; Tengu, Japanese magical creature half-man half-bird; Hybrid beasts in folklore; List of hybrid creatures in folklore; Tiamat; Ziz, giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology; Zeus, Greek deity of sky and thunder; Zuism, Icelander protest against tax for religion
Mythological hybrids became very popular in Luwian and Assyrian art of the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age. The angel (human with birds ' wings, see winged genie ) the mermaid (part human part fish , see Enki , Atargatis , and Apkallu ) and the shedu all trace their origins to Assyro-Babylonian art.
The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying versions of what a Chimera ...
NOTE: Since the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and others all shared essentially the same pantheon and belief systems, the Sumerian and Akkadian (and Assyro-Babylonian) articles should be combined under the Mesopotamian mythology / deities / legendary creatures categories.