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- In Sumerian mythology and later in the religions of Assyria and Babylonia ... the heavens is being denoted. In the old-Babylonian period, i.e. before Hammurabi ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- the deep heavens. However, in later Babylonian mythology, it was the younger ... over Enlil and the older gods in Babylonian mythology and Yahweh's ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- inspired great devotion in the ancient Babylonian empire, as evidenced by ... of some lost story about Isthar and the Babylonian deity Marduk. Their names ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- medicine is sometimes traced to Roman mythology, which describes the god ... putative origins of the caduceus in Babylonian mythology (as described above ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556 ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- god, corresponding to Sumerian Utu. In mythology, Shamash was the son of ... In the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, it is with Shamash's blessing ...13 KB (2,138 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles of the universe known as a maelstrom of dark, roiling seawater. ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- role in Mesopotamian religion and mythology. He was the god of the ... In Mesopotamian mythology, Nanna was the son of the sky god Enlil ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- Enûma Eliš (also transliterated Enuma Elish) is the Babylonian or ... important sources for understanding the Babylonian worldview, centered on ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- Enki was a major deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology. He was originally the chief god of the city of Eridu ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- B.C.E.), but also various Old Babylonian fragments exist. The story ... Enki, who often takes the side of mankind in Babylonian mythology ...11 KB (1,791 words) - 19:31, 30 November 2021
- Though the Babylonian/Assyrian god Dumuzi was known by a variety of ... a considerable body of Sumerian and Babylonian mythology. ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- the dead, the Underworld, in Mesopotamian mythology. One of the oldest goddesses ... similar to the use of Hades in Greek mythology to refer to both the Underworld ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- A Jewish inscription from the post-Babylonian period in Elephantine, ... Antu or Antum is a Babylonian goddess, and seems to be a precursor ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- The Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish begins with a description ... rituals until at least the time of the Babylonian exile. The story of Eve ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- In West Semitic mythology, Yam was given kingship over the other gods ... him. A similar sea-demon appears in the mythology of many cultures. The biblical ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag (NIN.URSAG) was the earth and mother ... his creation of the mountains. In one Babylonian investiture ritual, as ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- god Marduk and his dragon, from a Babylonian cylinder seal]] ... The idea of dragons was not unique to Herodotus in Greek mythology ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- fullest insights we have into the nature of Greek mythology. ... Although the Theogony is often used as a sourcebook for Greek mythology ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- in the Hindu Puranas, Deucalion in Greek mythology, and Utnapishtim in the ... In the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh the story of the Flood is told ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
