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In Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat (Akkadian: ππΎππ³ D TI.AMAT or πππ D TAM.TUM, Ancient Greek: ΘαλΞ¬ττη, romanized: ThaláttΔ) [1] is the primordial sea, mating with Abzû (Apsu), the groundwater, to produce the gods in the Babylonian epic Enûma Elish, which translates as "when on high."
Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources. Betz, Hans Dieter (May 1980). "Fragments from a Catabasis Ritual in a Greek Magical Papyrus". History of Religions. 19 (4): 287– 295. doi:10.1086/462853. S2CID 162089947. Dalley, S. (2000). "Nergal and Ereshkigal". Myths from ...
Sumerian name in Old Babylonian cuneiform, d Dim 3-me [1]. In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu (πππ¨; Akkadian d La-maš-tu; Sumerian Dimme d Dim 3-me or Kamadme [2]) is a demonic Mesopotamian deity with the "head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey, naked breasts, a hairy body, hands stained (with blood?), long fingers and fingernails, and the feet of Anzû". [3]
He was either the son of An, or the goddess Nammu, [74] and is the former case the twin brother of Ishkur. [74] His wife was the goddess Damgalnuna [74] and his children include the gods Marduk, Asarluhi, Enbilulu, the sage Adapa, and the goddess Nanshe. [74] His sukkal, or minister, was the two-faced messenger god Isimud. [74]
Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power.Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram ππ―).
Lahamu (ππ·π©π¬, d la-αΈ«a-mu) was a minor figure in some variants of Mesopotamian cosmology, the feminine counterpart of Lahmu. In some god lists she was one of the ancestors of Anu . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Enuma Elish she is the first-born daughter of Tiamat and Abzu .
Nammu (ππ d ENGUR = d LAGAB×αΈͺAL; also read Namma [1]) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a creator deity in the local theology of Eridu. It is assumed that she was associated with water. She is also well attested in connection with incantations and apotropaic magic.
Nergal (Sumerian: ππππ² [1] d KIŠ.UNU or d GÌR.UNU.GAL; [2] Hebrew: Χ Φ΅Χ¨Φ°ΧΦ·Χ, Modern: Nergal, Tiberian: NΔrgal; Aramaic: ά’άΈάͺάά²ά ; [3] Latin: Nirgal) was a Mesopotamian god worshiped through all periods of Mesopotamian history, from Early Dynastic to Neo-Babylonian times, with a few attestations indicating that his cult survived into the period of Achaemenid domination.