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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]
"Queen of the Great Earth") [1] [2] [a] was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology. In later myths, she was said to rule Irkalla alongside her husband Nergal . Sometimes her name is given as Irkalla , similar to the way the name Hades was used in Greek mythology for both the underworld and its ruler, and ...
Bizilla was a goddess closely associated with Nanaya. [321] It is assumed that like her she was a love goddess. [322] She was also most likely regarded as the sukkal of Enlil's wife Ninlil in Ḫursaĝkalama, her cult center located near Kish. [320] [204] Bunene: Sippar, Uruk, and Assur [93] Bunene was the sukkal and charioteer of the sun-god ...
A characteristic frequently attributed to Nanaya as a goddess of love, present in the majority of royal inscriptions pertaining to her and in many other documents, was described with the Sumerian word ḫili [17] and its Akkadian equivalent kubzu, which can be translated as charm, luxuriance, voluptuousness or sensuality. [18]
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.
Šauška was a Hurrian goddess of love and war regarded as similar to Mesopotamian Ishtar. [288] In Ugarit she was associated with Ashtart, and they appear together in the same ritual text. [289] The goddess "Ashtart ḫr", possibly to be interpreted as "Ashtart of Hurri," might correspond to Šauška too. [290] Šimige: ṯmg [260]
Pazuzu was invoked in apotropaic amulets, which combat the powers of his rival, [33] the malicious goddess Lamashtu, who was believed to cause harm to mother and child during childbirth. He would protect humans against any variety of misfortune or plague. [34]
The dictionary was edited by the honorary director general of the board Maulvi Abdul Haq who had already been working on an Urdu dictionary since the establishment of the Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi, in 1958. [1] [2] [3] Urdu Lughat consists of 22 volumes. In 2019, the board prepared a short concise version of the dictionary in 2 volumes.