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Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the underworld by galla demons. The ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, or Kigal, and in Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the lowermost part of the ancient near eastern cosmos, roughly parallel to the region known as Tartarus from early Greek cosmology.
Gallu demons hauled unfortunate victims off to the underworld. They were one of seven devils (or "the offspring of hell") of Babylonian theology that could be appeased by the sacrifice of a lamb at their altars. [3] The goddess Inanna was pursued by gallu demons after being escorted from the Underworld by Galatura and Kuryara.
The udug (Sumerian: 𒌜), later known in Akkadian as the utukku, were an ambiguous class of demons from ancient Mesopotamian mythology.They were different from the dingir (Anu-nna-Ki and Igigi) and they were generally malicious, even if a member of demons was willing to clash both with other demons and with the gods, even if he is described as a presence hostile to humans.
Demons originating in Mesopotamian myths. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. L. Lilith (2 C, 37 P) P. Pazuzu (1 C, 12 P)
The deities typically wore melam, an ambiguous substance which "covered them in terrifying splendor" [3] and which could also be worn by heroes, kings, giants, and even demons. [4] The effect that seeing a deity's melam has on a human is described as ni, a word for the "physical creeping of the flesh". [5]
Sumerian name in Old Babylonian cuneiform, d Dim 3-me [1]. In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu (𒀭𒈕𒈨; 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]
In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, Anzû is a divine storm-bird and the personification of the southern wind and the thunder clouds. [4] This demon—half man and half bird—stole the "Tablet of Destinies" from Enlil and hid them on a mountaintop. Anu ordered the other gods to retrieve the tablet, even though they all feared the demon.
The Sumerian and Akkadian deity, Enlil, a major god of the earth, sky, atmosphere and storms is the sender of the “windy beings” known as Rabisu. The Rabisu, rather than acting as predatory demons with their own malicious will, were more like links between the divine beings of Heaven and the Earth.