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Akkadian-Babylonian
Religion Character Index |
Characters |
| Name |
Description |
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Aa |
Sun goddess; consort of Samas |
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Abuba |
Ally of Marduk |
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Acu[R69] |
Moon god[R69] |
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Adad |
Weather god; son of Anu |
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Adad-Ea |
Ferryman of the underworld |
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Adapa |
The first man; son of Ea |
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Adar[R69] |
Sun god to whom children were sacrificed[R69] |
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Agusaya |
Goddess of loud crying |
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Alallu[R69] |
Fabulous
bird from the Epic of Gilgamesh[R69] |
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Ama-arhus |
Fertility goddess[J22] |
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Amasagnul |
Fertility goddess; consort of Papsukkal |
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Anshar |
Son of Lahmu |
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Antu |
Creator goddess; consort of Anu |
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Anu |
Sky god; son of Anshar |
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Antu |
Mother goddess; consort of An |
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Anzu |
A lion-headed eagle |
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Apsu |
God of sweet waters; consort of Tiamat |
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Assur |
National god of Assyria; consort of Mulliltu |
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Atrahasis |
Survivor of the great flood |
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Aya |
Mother goddess |
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Bel |
Earth and fertility god; son of Ea |
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Belet-Ili |
Mother goddess |
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Belet-Seri |
Underworld goddess; daughter of Ea |
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Belit |
Consort of Bel |
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Birdu |
Goddess of the underworld; consort of the Sumerian Manungal |
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Bigirhush[R69] |
God of the primitive ocean[R69] |
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Dagan |
Grain
and fertility god; consort of Salas |
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Damkina |
Earth goddess; daughter of Abzu |
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Dimsar[R69] |
A god sometimes equated with Nusku[R69] |
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Ea |
Sea
god and god of wisdom; son of Anshar |
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Ellil |
God of the air; son of Anu |
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Erra |
God of war, raids, riots and scorched earth |
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Etimmu[R69] |
A ghost or spirit of the underworld[R69] |
| The
Fish Man |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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Gerra |
God of fire; son of An |
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Giru |
Fire personified; son of Samas |
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Giszida |
Fire or sun god |
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The
Goat Fish |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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The
Great Lion |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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Hani |
God-attendant to Adad |
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Huwawa |
A
giant; attendant of Wer |
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Ilabrat |
God-attendant of Anu |
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Isara |
Goddess of marriage and childbirth |
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Ishtar |
Goddess of love, fertility, hunting and war; daughter of Anu |
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Isum |
God of fire?; brother of Samas |
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Kakka[J22] |
God-attendant and minister of state to Anu and Ansar[J22] |
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Kilili |
Goddess of harlots |
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Kingu |
God of the powers of darkness; son of Tiamat |
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Kishar |
Daughter of Lahmu |
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Kittu |
Truth personified; son of Samas |
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Lahamu |
Offspring of Apsu and Tiamat |
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Lahmu |
Offspring
of Apsu and Tiamat |
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Mamitu |
Goddess of oaths and treaties/of the underworld; consort of
Nergal |
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Mummu |
Son and chamberlain of Apsu |
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Mandanu[J22] |
God of divine judgment[J22] |
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Marduk |
God of exorcism, art, healing and wisdom; son of Ea |
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Mesharu |
Justice personified; daughter of Samas |
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Mul-lil[R69] |
Storm god[R69] |
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Mulliltu |
Mother goddess and goddess of fertility; consort of Ellil |
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Nabu |
God of writing and wisdom; son of Marduk |
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Nanaja |
Fertility and war goddess |
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Nannar |
Moon goddess; sister of Samas |
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Nedu |
God of the underworld |
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Nina |
Marine godess?; daughter of Ea |
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Ninegal[J22] |
God of smiths[J22] |
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Nin-Ildu[J22] |
God of carpenters[J22] |
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Nin-karrak |
Goddess
of medicine and healing; daughter of Anu |
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Ninkigal |
Earth god |
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Ninurta |
God of agriculture, healing, hunting, and war |
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Nisaba[R69] |
Corn goddess[R69] |
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Nusku |
Light personified; son of Samas |
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Pap-nigin-gara |
God of war |
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Papsukkal |
Messenger god; consort of Amasagnul |
| The
Ravening Dog |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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Shakkan |
God of cattle; brother of Tiamat |
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Salas |
War goddess; consort of Adad |
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Samas |
Sun god; son of Sin |
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Sarpanitu |
Birth goddess; consort of Marduk |
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The Scorpion Man |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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The
Sebitti |
War gods; offspring of Anu |
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The
Shining Snake |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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Shullat[R69] |
Herald of storms[R69] |
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Shulpae[R69] |
God of feasting[R69] |
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Siduri |
Goddess of brewing |
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Sin |
Moon god |
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Sirsir |
God of mariners |
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The Storm Winds |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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Sullat[J22] |
God-attendant of Samas[J22] |
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Sulmanu |
Fertility and war god |
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Tammuz |
Sun god and god of fertility; brother of Belil and Belet-Serti |
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Tasmetu |
Goddess of divine accessibility; consort of Nabu |
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Tiamat |
Goddess of salt waters; consort of Apsu |
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Tispak[J22] |
Tutelary deity of the city of Esnumma[J22] |
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Tutu[J22] |
Tutelary deity of Borsippa[J22] |
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Ua-Ildak[J22] |
Goddess of vegetation[J22] |
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Ukur |
God of the underworld |
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The
Uttuku |
Armed monsters |
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The
Viper |
One of Tiamat's Eleven Mighty Helpers; offspring of Tiamat |
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Wer |
Storm god |
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Zababa |
God of war |
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Families
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Lands
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Abbreviations
and Symbols |
Sources | Akkadian-Babylonian
Mythology Chart
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Religion
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