Neti features prominently in NIDABA - The Sumerian goddess of writing and astrology.NIN-AGAL - The Babylonian god of the forge and patron god of smiths.NINAZU - Babylonian healing god, son of Gula, associated with NINGAL - A Sumerian goddess of fertility associated with the sun, mother of Utu/Shamash, the sun itself, and wife/consort of Nanna, the moon-god. An was identified with all the stars of the equatorial sky, Enlil with those of the northern sky, and Enki with those of the southern sky. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region, from The following is a list of the gods of the Mesopotamian Pantheon but, as the Mesopotamian people worshipped between 300 and 1000 different gods, it is by no means a complete listing. Consider donating a few pennies to the Owing to the cleverness of Enki she is forced to surrender Inanna back to the land of the living. Copyright © 1999-2020 Godchecker, Inc. All rights reserved. In an early myth, his mother tries to kill him by hurling rocks at him. Afterwards she is sometimes depicted as Nabu's wife. He was the son of Enki (Ea), the god of wisdom.BELIT-TSERI - The Babylonian scribe of the underworld, she kneels by the throne of BIRDU - The Babylonian messenger god from the underworld.BULL OF HEAVEN - Also known as Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven was consort to the Queen of the Underworld, Ereshkigal, and was controlled by the Lord of the Sky, Anu. Ninshubur plays a prominent role in many of the stories concerning Inanna. In some sources Misharu is the god of KULLA - The Babylonian god who restored temples, also known as the brick god who, like Kabta and Mushdamma, was invoked in the laying of the foundation of buildings and praised or sent away upon completion. During storms he was imagined as a great bull roaring above the clouds. Anu became, in time, the supreme lord who was the power behind that of all the other deities. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region, from city-state to city-state and, because of this, Marduk should not be regarded as King of the Gods in the same way Zeus ruled in Greece.While Marduk was venerated highly in Babylon, Enlil held that place in Sumer.
Where hurricanes and storms were symbols of his anger … Yahweh is the name of the state god of the ancient Kingdom of Israel and, later, the Kingdom of Judah. He is the god of healing, justice, compassion, regeneration, magic and fairness. Ashnan and her sister, Lahar, were the children of Enlil, born to provide sustenance to the Annunaki, the judges of the dead. Healthy and strong spirits of the dead could drink from the river but weak spirits had to drink stale water from puddles and eat dust.ERRA - The Babylonian god of war, destruction, death and strife, also known as Nergal. The gods of the Mesopotamian region were by no means uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy.
She has been identified as both Ishtar/Inanna or as Ereshkigal as well as with the demoness Liltu/Lillith. After her death, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow from her eyes. Enlil was considered as one of the Mesopotamian gods in the supreme triad, along with Anu (god of the heavens, also known as An) and Enki (god of wisdom and earth). He was responsible for the fertility of animals in the wild and was often depicted as a shepherd. He is usually depicted as an archer either standing or running on the back of a monster with the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.NISABA - (also Nissaba, Nidaba, and associated with Nanibgal) - Originally the Sumerian goddess of grains, cereal and grasses, most notably the sturdy reeds which grew in the canals and which scribes would use in writing. The Mesopotamian underworld, where the souls of departed humans went, was a dark and dreary land from which no one ever returned but, even so, a spirit who had not been honored properly in burial could still find ways to … The Godchecker Holy Database currently contains 149 Mesopotamian deity names — these are listed below. Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, with a pantheon consisting of hundreds if not thousands of gods of varying importance.