Lux Ferre

ziggurat (zikkurat, ziqqurat) (pinnacle) Mesopotamian stepped pyramid usually built of brick and forming part of any temple complex. Because Babylonians believed that the gods lived on mountains, they designed the ziggurat in

Ninurta (Ningirsu, Nimurta, Nimurash) In Near Eastern mythology (Sumero-Akkadian), war god and patron of hunting, son of Enlil or Bel and Innini. He was called “the arrow, the mighty hero.” Some scholars

Enlil (Bel Enlil, Eilil, Illillos) (storm god) In Near Eastern mythology (Sumero-Akkadian), creator god, storm god, god of earth and air; he was also called father of the gods and king of

Ea (Hea, Hoa) In Near Eastern mythology (Sumero-Akkadian), god of sweet waters, earth, and wisdom; patron of the arts; one of the creators of humankind; also called Enki. In the Babylonian epic

Anu (An, Ana, Anos, Dana, Danu, Nanu) (lofty, sky) In Near Eastern mythology (Sumero-Akkadian), sky god, head of a triad of gods made up of Anu, Enlil, and Ea. Anu’s wife was

Anshar (Assors, Shar) (the totality of what is above) In Near Eastern mythology (SumeroAkkadian), a primeval sky god who sent out the god Ea, and later his son Anu, to conquer the

Ziusudra (Sisouthros, Ziudsuddu) In Near Eastern mythology (Sumerian), hero of the flood myth, which is fragmentary and has in part been reconstructed. Told of a coming deluge, Ziusudra wrote down the history