Category: Mesopotamian Mythology

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…

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…

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;…

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…

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…

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…

Duranki (the bond that unites heaven and earth) Ancient name for Nippur, a Sumerian city sacred to the god Enlil. According to myth, Enlil split…

Dilmun In Near Eastern mythology (Sumerian), paradise, the place where the sun rises and the land of the living. At one time Dilmun lacked fresh…

Variations: Lamia, Lilatou, Lilats, Lîlît, Lilith As far back as the 24th century B. C., the people of Babylon and then later Assyria supposed that…