Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
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Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Abgal | Seven wise-men and the attending deities of the god Enki. |
Adrammelech | Babylonian god (possibly of the sun) to whom babies were burned in sacrifice. |
Aja | Babylonian sun goddess. |
Akkan | Four Saami goddesses who overseeconception, birth and destiny. |
Alauwaimis | Demon which drives away evil sickness. |
Ama-arhus | Babylonian and Akkadian fertility goddess. |
Amurru | Akkadian god of mountains and nomads. |
An | Summerian god of heaven. |
Anatu | Goddess of the earth and sky. |
Antu | Summerian goddess of creation. Later replaced by Ishtar. |
Anu | Summerian and Babylonian god of the sky, father of the gods and most powerful deity of the pantheon. |
Anunitu | Babylonian goddess of the moon. She was later merged with Ishtar. |
Apsu | Summerian and Akkadian god of the primordial sweet waters - as opposed to the primordial bitter waters of Chaos. |
Arazu | Babylonian god of completed construction. |
Aruru | Babylonian goddess of creation. |
Ashnan | Summerian goddess of grain. |
Aya | Goddess of dawn. |
Baal | God of the sun and crop fertility, widely venerated throughout the Fertile Crescent and the Middle East. |
Baba | Tutelary goddess of the kings of Sumer, and a goddess of motherhood and healing. |
Babbar | Sumerian sun god. Equatedwith the Babylonian Shamash. |
Belet-Ili | Summerian goddess of the womb. |
Beletseri | Akkadian 'clerk' of the Underworld, who kept records of human activities so that she could advise on their final judgment after death. She is called Queen of the Desert. |
Dagon | vegetation and fertility god. |
Damgalnunna | Mother goddess. |
Dumuzi | Summerian form of Tammuz, a god of vegetation, fertility and the Underworld. Possibly the husband of Inanna. |
Ea | Summerian and Babylonian god of sweet waters, he is the patron of wisdom, magic and medical science. |
Ebeh | Summerian mountain god. |
Ellil | Akkadian form of the god Enlil. God of wind and earth. |
Enmesarra | God of the underworld and the lord of mes - the power underlying society and civilization. |
Ennugi | God of irrigation and canals. |
Ereshkigal | Summerian and Akkadian goddess of the dead. She is dark and violent, and possibly was once a sky goddess. |
Erra | God of war, death and other disasters. |
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Gibil | Summerian god of light and fire. |
Girru | Akkadian god of light and fire. He is the messenger of the gods. |
Gula | Summerian goddess of healing. |
Humbaba | God of the cedar forest. |
Inanna | The most important of the Summerian divinities, she is the goddess of love, fertility and war. Her symbol is the eight-pointed star. |
Irkalla | See Ereshkigal. |
Isara | Goddess of oaths and queen of judgment. |
Ishkhara | Babylonian goddess of love. |
Ishkur | Summerian god of storms and rain. |
Ishtar | Violent Summerian and Babylonian goddess of love and fertility. She had a habit of attracting lovers and then killing or maiming them. |
Kaksisa | God of the star Sirius. |
Ki | Goddess of the earth. |
Kulitta | Goddess of music. |
Kulla | The Babylonian god who restores temples. |
Kusag | God who is high priest of the gods, the patron od priests in Babylonia. |
Lahar | Summerian god of cattle and sheep. |
Lamastu | Demon who causes fever and childhood diseases. |
Mama | Mother goddess. |
Mamitu | Akkadian goddess of fate and judgment in the Underworld. |
Mammetu | Babylonian goddess of fate and destiny. |
Marduk | God of thunderstorms, fertility, and the supreme leader of the gods after defeating Tiamat. Later known as Bel or Baal. |
Martu | God of destruction by storms and of the steppes. |
Mummu | Summerian and Babylonian god of craftsmen and technical skill. |
Mylitta | Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of fertility and childbirth. |
Nabu | Summerian and Babylonian god of knowledge, writing, and scribe of the gods. |
Nammu | Summerian goddess of the sea. |
Namtar | God of the Summerian underworld and the bringer of disease and pestilence to humans. |
Nanaja | Summerian and Akkadian goddess of sex and war. |
Nanna | Summerian god of the moon. Equivalent to Babylonian god Sin. |
Nanshe | Goddess of fertility and water, she was the patron of dreams and prophecy. |
Nergal | Evil god of the underworld who brings sickness, fear and war on mankind. He is the consort of the death-goddess Ereshkigal. |
Nidaba | Summerian goddess of learning. |
Nin-agal | God of smiths. |
Ninatta | Goddess of music. |
Ninazu | Babylonian god of magic incantations. |
Ninedinna | Babylonian goddess of the books of the dead. |
Ningirsu | Summerian and Babylonian god of rain, fertility and irrigation. |
Ningizzida | God of healing and magic. Sometimes pictured as a serpent with a human head. |
Ninhursag | See Ki. |
Ninkarrak | Goddess of healing. |
Ninkasi | Summerian goddess of intoxicating drinks, and beer in particular. |
Ninlil | Goddess of heaven and earth, known as the wind. |
Nintur | Akkadian goddess of birth. |
Ninurta | God of rain, fertility, thunderstorms, the plow, floods, wells, and the south wind. |
Nisaba | Babylonian and Summerian goddess of grain and learning. |
Nusku | Summerian god of light and fire. |
Papsukkel | Minister and messenger of the Summerian gods. |
Rimmon | Babylonian god of storms. |
Salbatanu | God of the planet Mars. |
Samuqan | God of cattle. |
Sataran | Divine judge and healer. |
Shamash | Summerian god of the sun, judge and law-giver of the people. He is the husband of Ishtar. |
Shulpae | God of feasting. |
Shutu | God of illness and the South Wind. |
Sibzianna | Summerian god of the star Orion. |
Siduri | Goddess of wine-making and brewing. |
Sin | Summerian god of the moon, the calendar, and the fixed seasons. |
Sulpa'e | God of fertility, wild animals and the planet Jupiter. |
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Tammuz | Akkadian vegetation god and the symbol of death and rebirth in nature. The 'corn king' of Wiccan worship. |
Tiamat | Dragon-goddess of the primordial waters of Chaos, seen as a great salt sea. Also the enemy of the gods. |
Umunmutamku | Babylonian deiety who presents offerings to the gods after they have been made by humans. |
Uttu | Summerian spider-goddess of weaving and clothing. |
Zakar | Babylonian god of dreams as messages from the gods. |
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