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Dec 3, 2000	Adad by Obsidian [8 words]
		"(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later, Babylonian version of the Sumerian Iskur...."
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Dec 3, 2000	Abzu by Obsidian [56 words]
		"(Sumerian) The Sumerians believed that the oceans on the surface of the world were paralled by hidden, cthonic seas located in vast..."
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Dec 3, 2000	Amurru by Obsidian [7 words]
		"(Akkadian) The later version of the Sumerian Martu...."
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Dec 3, 2000	An by Obsidian [51 words]
		"(Sumerian) A primordial sky-god, regarded as the creator of the world and progenitor or ancestor of all the Gods who followed Him...."
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Dec 3, 2000	Ansar by Obsidian [10 words]
		"(Sumerian) A primordial being, child of Lahmu, and father of An...."
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Inanna by Obsidian [180 words]
	"(Sumerian) "Lady of the Thousand Offices", She is the primary female Deity of Her people, and in some ways the focus of..."

Brief Articles


Abzu by Obsidian [56 words]
	"(Sumerian) The Sumerians believed that the oceans on the surface of the world were paralled by hidden, cthonic seas located in vast..."


Adad by Obsidian [8 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later, Babylonian version of the Sumerian Iskur...."


Amurru by Obsidian [7 words]
	"(Akkadian) The later version of the Sumerian Martu...."


An by Obsidian [51 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial sky-god, regarded as the creator of the world and progenitor or ancestor of all the Gods who followed Him...."


Ansar by Obsidian [10 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial being, child of Lahmu, and father of An...."


Antu by Obsidian [5 words]
	"(Babylonian) The Babylonian version of An...."


Apsu by Obsidian [29 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later, Babylonian version of the Sumerian Abzu. According to the Babylonians, Apsu, a primordial dragon,..."


Asarlubi by Obsidian [11 words]
	"(Sumerian) Son of Enki (I), and a master of magick and sorcery...."


Assur by Obsidian [29 words]
	"(Assyrian) Tutelary God of the Assyrian people; Lord of the Assyrian pantheon, guide and defender of the Assyrian nation.During the..."


Buriash by Obsidian [20 words]
	"(Kassite) Apparently a God of storm and weather, and as such equated by Mesopotamian people with Iskur. Cf. the Hellenic Boreas...."


Dagan by Obsidian [29 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) An agrarian deity, responsible for the invention of the plow, and Lord of the grain harvest. His worship was..."


Dumuzi by Obsidian [142 words]
	"(Sumerian) Child of Duttur, Lord of shepherds and the flocks, and eternal adversary to Enkimdu. He is regarded as both divinity and..."


Duttur by Obsidian [17 words]
	"(Sumerian) The sheep Goddess, and Patroness of the flocks. She is the mother of both Dumuzi and Gestinanna...."


Ea by Obsidian [32 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later version of Enki (I). His functions and attributes closely parallel the earlier divinity, although..."


Enbilulu by Obsidian [10 words]
	"(Sumerian) The River God, divine master of the Tigris-Euphrates watershed system...."


Enki by Obsidian [66 words]
	"(Sumerian) Lord of the underworld seas which parallel the surface oceans, and hence master of artisanship, secret craft, magick,..."


Enki and Ninki by Obsidian [34 words]
	"(Sumerian) A separate figure from Enki of the underworld seas, this male and female pair were "Lord and Lady Earth",..."


Enkimdu by Obsidian [23 words]
	"(Sumerian) Patron and Lord of dikes, canals, and furrows; in effect, irrigation and sedentary farming in general. He is the eternal..."


Enlil by Obsidian [58 words]
	"(Sumerian) A central figure in the mythos, child by one tradition of An, by another of Enki (II) and father to many divinities,..."


Ereskigal by Obsidian [30 words]
	"(Sumerian) Queen of the Underworld, a cthonic Goddess whose realm was the uttermost depths, below the Inner Sea of Abzu. She was..."


Gestinanna by Obsidian [70 words]
	"(Sumerian) An oracular Goddess, one who is associated with the interpretation of dreams, and also has widespread shepherding..."


Gibil by Obsidian [16 words]
	"(Sumerian) Divine Lord of fire, and personification of fire in all it's aspects, both harmful and beneficial...."


Gula by Obsidian [31 words]
	"(Sumerian) A healer and patroness of medicine; She is also something of a tutelary Goddess of the city-state of Isin...."


Harbe by Obsidian [12 words]
	"(Kassite) A primary God of the Kassite people, equated with Anu or Enlil...."


Humban by Obsidian [33 words]
	"(Elamite) A sky God, one who dwells in the heavens, and (probably) personifies masculine energy. He very likely is connected in..."


Inzak by Obsidian [30 words]
	"(Dilmun) Regarded by non-Dilmunites as the supreme deity of Dilmun, but on the island itself He seems to have been accounted as..."


Ishhara by Obsidian [26 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) A Goddess of love, and consort of Dagan in at least one tradition. (Hurrian) A Goddess of the underworld, not..."


Ishtar by Obsidian [58 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later equivalent to Inanna, and like Her earlier manifestation one of the most important figures in the..."


Iskur by Obsidian [48 words]
	"(Sumerian) The chief weather deity, Lord of storms and tempests; He-Who-Wields-The-Lightning. He also has a benificent aspect as..."


Isum by Obsidian [21 words]
	"(Sumerian) Guardian and protector from night-time terrors, divine messenger, and benign influence within the underworld, He was a..."


Ki by Obsidian [32 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial being representing Earth in some traditions, wife of An in one version of the tales surrounding the..."


Kisar by Obsidian [10 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial being, child of Lahmu, and mother of An...."


Lahamu by Obsidian [14 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial being, possibly a child of Abzu and Tiamat, and mother of Ansar...."


Lilu, Lilitu, and Ardat-Lili by Obsidian [86 words]
	"(Sumerian) Not divinities as such, this trio of closely related demons inhabited the desert wastes, and functioned largely in terms..."


Mamu by Obsidian [16 words]
	"(Sumerian) An oracular divinity of dreams and visions, child of Utu, and of ambiguous or shifting gender...."


Marduk by Obsidian [58 words]
	"(Babylonian) Originally the Patron and tutelary deity of the city of Babylon, Marduk's power and influence grew until He was..."


Martu by Obsidian [59 words]
	"(Sumerian) Child of An by Ninhursaga, He was spoken of as the leveler of cities and destroyer of peoples. He was the..."


Meskilak by Obsidian [26 words]
	"(Dilmun) Seemingly the patroness of the city of Dilmun proper, and probably the mother of Inzak.She seems to have been a local..."


Mullisu by Obsidian [16 words]
	"(Assyrian) The Assyrian version of Ninlil, in which mythos She is the wife of Assur, not Enlil...."


Nabu by Obsidian [55 words]
	"(Babylonian) Divine Patron of scribes, and holding authority over writing and knowledge. He forms with Ea and Marduk a triplicity..."


Nahhunte by Obsidian [12 words]
	"(Elamite) A solar deity, one concerned with justice and the law as well...."


Nammu by Obsidian [22 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial being. In some traditions, the mother of An and Ki (Heaven and Earth), and a personification or Aspect of..."


Nanna-Suen by Obsidian [22 words]
	"(Sumerian) The moon-God, child of Enlil and Ninlil, husband of Ningal, and in at least one tradition the father of Utu and Inanna...."


Nanse by Obsidian [45 words]
	"(Sumerian) Tutelary Goddess of the city-state of Lagash, Shewas an oracular divinity with the power to interpret dreams and omens...."


Nergal by Obsidian [63 words]
	"(Sumerian) Lord of the Underworld, usually regarded as a child of Enlil and Ninlil, and consort to Ereskigal. Master of the Dark..."


Ningal by Obsidian [7 words]
	"(Sumerian) Wife of Nanna-Suen, and mother of Utu...."


Ninhursaga by Obsidian [37 words]
	"(Sumerian) A Mother-Goddess, one of several in Sumerian mythology. She is regarded as the mother of many divinities by Enlil, who..."


Ninlil by Obsidian [10 words]
	"(Sumerian) Wife of Enlil, and mother to many of His children...."


Ninurta by Obsidian [37 words]
	"(Sumerian) A warrior deity, involved with armies, weaponry, and the suppression of revolt. He has another nature as well, though,..."


Pazuzu by Obsidian [43 words]
	"(Babylonian) A demon of somewhat ambiguous malevolence: He was feared for his greed and strength, but was also recognized as a..."


Pienenkir by Obsidian [7 words]
	"(Elamite) A Goddess of fertility, nurturance, and motherhood...."


Qingu by Obsidian [54 words]
	"(Babylonian) A created entity, formed by Tiamat to be the general of Her divine forces in the war between Her and Marduk. Qingu was..."


Samas by Obsidian [17 words]
	"(Akkadian) A later version of Utu, the sun God. In this version, He is the child of Anu...."


Sin by Obsidian [8 words]
	"(Akkadian/Babylonian) The later-era version of Nanna-Suen, the moon God...."


Suriash by Obsidian [10 words]
	"(Kassite) Possible a solar divinity, similar in many respects to Utu...."


Tesup by Obsidian [13 words]
	"(Hurrian) The equivalent, in this people's mythology, to the weather Gods Iskur and Buriash...."


Tiamat by Obsidian [102 words]
	"(Sumerian) A primordial entity. At the beginning of creation there were but two entities, Abzu and Tiamat, representing..."


Uttu by Obsidian [13 words]
	"(Sumerian) Divine Patroness of the weaving arts and, completely unsurprisingly, closely associated with spiders...."


Utu by Obsidian [27 words]
	"(Sumerian) The sun-God, son of Nanna-Suen, and twin brother of Inanna. He represents all the primary solar virtues, light, warmth,..."

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