Jahi
Jahi The Harlot; The Whore ORIGIN: Mesopotamia Jahi is a primordial spirit who may have begun her incarnation as a Creatrix. Jahi is the first…
Category: Mesopotamian Mythology
Lillu Spirits
Lillu Spirits ORIGIN: Sumeria The Lillu are a clan of primordial storm and wind spirits, many of whom developed a reputation as being vampiric or…
Nabu
Nabu Also known as : Nebo Nabu is the Babylonian lord of wisdom and writing, introduced to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, a powerful Western Semitic…
Namtar
Namtar ORIGIN: Sumer (Mesopotamia) The name Namtar means “death” or “destiny.” Namtar, death spirit, is responsible for creating illness in general and for directing it…
Nanshe
Nanshe Our Lady of Dreams; Lady of Abundance; The Queen Mother ORIGIN: Sumeria, Babylonia Nanshe, the daughter of Sumerian deities Enki and Ninhursag, is a…
Semiramis
Semiramis The Gift of the Sea ALSO KNOWN AS: Sammuramat (Assyrian); Shamiram (Armenian) Semiramis, daughter of the mermaid goddess Atargatis, survived abandonment by her mother…
Siduri
Siduri : The Woman of the Vine Siduri appears in the saga of Gilgamesh. She is the barmaid at the end of the world. According…
Sin
Sin The Illuminator; Lord of Wisdom ALSO KNOWN AS: Nanna ORIGIN: Mesopotamia Sin, as in “venal” or “deadly,” does not derive from the lunar deity…
Tammuz
Tammuz Also known as : Dumuzi Inanna-Ishtar took Tammuz, the divine shepherd, as her lover. He quickly became her favourite, and she honoured him above…
Mylitta
Mylitta descended to Earth in the form of a flaming, falling star that landed in the freshwater spring named Afqa, source of the Adonis River…