Anunnaki (Anunna, Anunnake, Ennuki) : In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian), gods or spirits of the underworld, opposed to the Igigi, the heavenly gods. In the ancient narrative poem Inanna’s Journey to the
Sarpanitum (silvery bright one) In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian-Assyrian), goddess who presided over the sweet waters, earth, and wisdom. She was the wife of the hero god Marduk and daughter of the god Ea. Often she was merged with Erua,
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 toward specific people. He is the chief
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 divine prophetess and an oracle. Her temple
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 and thrived, eventually marrying King Nimrod and
Siduri : The Woman of the Vine Siduri appears in the saga of Gilgamesh. She is the barmaid at the end of the world. According to Mesopotamian cosmology, there is a sea
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 Sin’s name, but Mount Sinai does. Sin
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 all others. Their love affair is the
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 in Lebanon. A shrine set up for
Bau ORIGIN: Sumer (Mesopotamia) Bau, Goddess of Healing and Life, was once among the most significant deities of the Sumerian pantheon. She is intensely associated with dogs and may appear as a
Fish swimming in the Euphrates discovered an unusual egg floating on the river. They nudged it to shore with their noses. Once on dry land, the egg hatched and Atargatis emerged, in
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
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