Anu, the Glossary
Anu (𒀭𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (𒀭), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion.[1]
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249 relations: Ašratum, Abu Salabikh, Abzu, Achaemenid Empire, Adam and Eve, Adapa, Aeneas, Affinity (law), Ahura Mazda, Akkadian Empire, Akkadian language, Alalu, Amasagnudi, Amorites, Amurru (god), An = Anum, Anat, Anatolia, Ancestors of Enlil, Ancient Egyptian religion, Ancient Mesopotamian religion, Ancient Mesopotamian underworld, Ancient Roman architecture, Andrew R. George, Anshar, Antiochus I Soter, Antu (goddess), Anunnaki, Aphrodite, Arable land, Aramaic, Aristotle, Artaxerxes I, Asag, Ashur (god), Assur, Assyria, Assyriology, Athena, Aya (goddess), Šurpu, Baal, Baalshamin, Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian astronomy, Bassetki, Bau (goddess), Belili, Berossus, ... Expand index (199 more) »
- Characters in the Enūma Eliš
- God
- Kings of the gods
Ašratum
Ašratum (dAš-ra-tum, in Larsa dA-ši-ra-tum) was a Mesopotamian goddess of Amorite origin.
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Abu Salabikh
The archaeological site of Abu Salabikh (Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh), around northwest of the site of ancient Nippur and about 150 kilometers southeast of the modern city of Baghdad in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq marks the site of a small Sumerian city that existed from the Neolithic through the late 3rd millennium, with cultural connections to the cities of Kish, Mari and Ebla.
Abzu
The Abzu or Apsu (Sumerian: 𒀊𒍪; Akkadian: 𒀊𒍪), also called (Cuneiform:,; Sumerian:; Akkadian: —. Anu and Abzu are characters in the Enūma Eliš and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Abzu
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman.
Adapa
Adapa was a Mesopotamian mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality.
See Anu and Adapa
Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (from) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus).
See Anu and Aeneas
Affinity (law)
In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity is the kinship relationship created or that exists between two people as a result of someone's marriage.
Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda (𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁|translit.
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.
Akkadian language
Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.
Alalu
Alalu or Alala was a primordial figure in Mesopotamian and Hurrian mythology. Anu and Alalu are Hittite deities, Hurrian deities and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Alalu
Amasagnudi
Amasagnudi was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a servant of Anu and as the wife of Papsukkal.
Amorites
The Amorites (author-link, Pl. XXVIII e+i|MAR.TU; Amurrūm or Tidnum Tidnum; ʾĔmōrī; Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant.
See Anu and Amorites
Amurru (god)
Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu (in Sumerian and Sumerograms: 𒀭𒈥𒌅), was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine personification of the Amorites. Anu and Amurru (god) are Mesopotamian gods and sky and weather gods.
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Anat
Anat, Anatu, classically Anath (𐎓𐎐𐎚 ʿnt; עֲנָת ʿĂnāṯ;; translit; Egyptian: ꜥntjt) was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts. Anu and Anat are Hurrian deities.
See Anu and Anat
Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
See Anu and Anatolia
Ancestors of Enlil
Ancestors of Enlil or Enki-Ninki deities were a group of Mesopotamian deities.
See Anu and Ancestors of Enlil
Ancient Egyptian religion
Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture.
See Anu and Ancient Egyptian religion
Ancient Mesopotamian religion
Mesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of man, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC and 400 AD.
See Anu and Ancient Mesopotamian religion
Ancient Mesopotamian underworld
The ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, or Kigal, and in Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the lowermost part of the ancient near eastern cosmos, roughly parallel to the region known as Tartarus from early Greek cosmology.
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Ancient Roman architecture
Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style.
See Anu and Ancient Roman architecture
Andrew R. George
Andrew R. George (born 1955) is a British Assyriologist and academic best known for his edition and translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Anshar
Anshar (𒀭𒊹, 𒀭𒊹) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as a primordial king of the gods. Anu and Anshar are characters in the Enūma Eliš, kings of the gods, Mesopotamian gods and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Anshar
Antiochus I Soter
Antiochus I Soter (Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; 2 June 261 BC) was a Macedonian king of the Seleucid Empire.
Antu (goddess)
Antu or Antum was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the feminine counterpart and spouse of the sky god, Anu. Anu and Antu (goddess) are Hurrian deities.
Anunnaki
The Anunnaki (Sumerian:, also transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deities of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. Anu and Anunnaki are characters in the Enūma Eliš, Hittite deities and Hurrian deities.
See Anu and Anunnaki
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Arable land
Arable land (from the arabilis, "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.
Aramaic
Aramaic (ˀərāmiṯ; arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over three thousand years.
See Anu and Aramaic
Aristotle
Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes I (𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠; Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from 465 to December 424 BC.
Asag
In the Sumerian mythological poem Lugal-e, Asag or Azag (Sumerian: Akkadian: asakku), is a monstrous demon, so hideous that his presence alone makes fish boil alive in the rivers.
See Anu and Asag
Ashur (god)
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (𒀭𒊹|translit. Anu and Ashur (god) are kings of the gods and Mesopotamian gods.
Assur
Aššur (𒀭𒊹𒆠 AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: Aš-šurKI, "City of God Aššur"; ܐܫܘܪ Āšūr; 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼 Aθur, آشور Āšūr; אַשּׁוּר, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Middle Assyrian Empire (1363–912 BC), and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC).
See Anu and Assur
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
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Assyriology
Assyriology (from Greek Ἀσσυρίᾱ, Assyriā; and -λογία, -logia), also known as Cuneiform studies or Ancient Near East studies, is the archaeological, anthropological, historical, and linguistic study of the cultures that used cuneiform writing.
Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.
See Anu and Athena
Aya (goddess)
Aya was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with dawn. Anu and Aya (goddess) are Hurrian deities.
Šurpu
The ancient Mesopotamian incantation series Šurpu begins enūma nēpešē ša šur-pu tušu, “when you perform the rituals for (the series) ‘Burning,’” and was probably compiled in the middle Babylonian period, ca.
See Anu and Šurpu
Baal
Baal, or Baʻal (baʿal), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity.
See Anu and Baal
Baalshamin
Baalshamin (translit), also called Baal Shamem (translit) and Baal Shamaim (translit), was a Northwest Semitic god and a title applied to different gods at different places or times in ancient Middle Eastern inscriptions, especially in Canaan/Phoenicia and Syria. Anu and Baalshamin are sky and weather gods.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
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Babylonia
Babylonia (𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Iran).
Babylonian astronomy
Babylonian astronomy was the study or recording of celestial objects during the early history of Mesopotamia.
See Anu and Babylonian astronomy
Bassetki
Bassetki (translit) is a small village in Iraq, in Dohuk Governorate of autonomous Kurdistan Region.
See Anu and Bassetki
Bau (goddess)
Bau, also read Baba or Babu (cuneiform: 𒀭𒁀𒌑 dBa-U2), was a Mesopotamian goddess.
Belili
Belili was a Mesopotamian goddess.
See Anu and Belili
Berossus
Berossus or Berosus (translit; possibly derived from 𒁹𒀭𒂗𒉺𒇻𒋙𒉡|translit.
See Anu and Berossus
Boeotia
Boeotia, sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (Βοιωτία; modern:; ancient) is one of the regional units of Greece.
See Anu and Boeotia
Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
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Bull of Heaven
In ancient Mesopotamian mythology, the Bull of Heaven is a mythical beast fought by the hero Gilgamesh.
Calque
In linguistics, a calque or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation.
See Anu and Calque
Castration
Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses use of the testicles: the male gonad.
Chogha Zanbil
Chogha Zanbil (also Tchoga Zanbil and Čoġā Zanbīl) (چغازنبيل; Elamite: Al Untas Napirisa then later Dur Untash) is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran.
Circumpolar star
A circumpolar star is a star that, as viewed from a given latitude on Earth, never sets below the horizon due to its apparent proximity to one of the celestial poles.
Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
Cronus
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (or, from Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky).
See Anu and Cronus
Cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.
Dagon
Dagon (דָּגוֹן, Dāgōn) or Dagan (𒀭𒁕𒃶; Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and Emar as well. Anu and Dagon are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Dagon
Damascius
Damascius (Δαμάσκιος, 462 – after 538), known as "the last of the Athenian Neoplatonists", was the last scholarch of the neoplatonic Athenian school.
Daniel David Luckenbill
Daniel David Luckenbill (Hamburg, Pennsylvania 21 June 1881 - London, 5 June 1927) was an American assyriologist and professor at the University of Chicago.
See Anu and Daniel David Luckenbill
Darius II
Darius II (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος), also known by his given name Ochus (Greek: Ὦχος), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 423 BC to 405 or 404 BC.
Darius the Great
Darius I (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
Der (Sumer)
Der (Sumerian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki; Akkadian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki or urude-e-ru(ki)) was a Sumerian city-state at the site of modern Tell Aqar near al-Badra in Iraq's Wasit Governorate.
Dietz-Otto Edzard
Dietz-Otto Edzard (28 August 1930 in Bremen – 2 June 2004 in Munich) was a German scholar of the Ancient Near East and grammarian of the Sumerian language.
Dilbat
Dilbat (modern Tell ed-Duleim or Tell al-Deylam) was an ancient Near Eastern city located 25 kilometers south of Babylon on the eastern bank of the Western Euphrates in modern-day Babil Governorate, Iraq.
See Anu and Dilbat
Dingir
Dingir ⟨⟩, usually transliterated DIĜIR, is a Sumerian word for 'god' or 'goddess'.
See Anu and Dingir
Diomedes
Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (god-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus) is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan War.
See Anu and Diomedes
Dione (mythology)
Dione (she who is under the authority of Zeus) is the name of four women in ancient Greek mythology, and one in the Phoenician religion described by Sanchuniathon.
Dumuzid
Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (𒌉𒍣|Dumuzid; italic; Tammūz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻|Dumuzid sipad) and to the Canaanites as '''Adon''' (Proto-Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍), is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with agriculture and shepherds, who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess Inanna (later known as Ishtar). Anu and Dumuzid are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Dumuzid
Eanna
E-anna (𒂍𒀭𒈾, house of heavens), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was an ancient Sumerian temple in Uruk.
See Anu and Eanna
Eannatum
Eannatum (𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺) was a Sumerian Ensi (ruler or king) of Lagash circa 2500–2400 BCE.
See Anu and Eannatum
Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.
See Anu and Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
Earth and Heaven (Hurrian religion)
Earth and Heaven (Eše Hawurni) were worshiped by various Hurrian communities in the Ancient Near East. Anu and Earth and Heaven (Hurrian religion) are Hurrian deities and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Earth and Heaven (Hurrian religion)
East Semitic languages
The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages.
See Anu and East Semitic languages
Ebiḫ
Ebiḫ (Ebih) was a Mesopotamian god presumed to represent the Hamrin Mountains. Anu and Ebiḫ are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Ebiḫ
Ebla
Ebla (Sumerian: eb₂-la, إبلا., modern: تل مرديخ, Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria.
See Anu and Ebla
El (deity)
(also Il, 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; אֵל ʾēl; ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; إل or إله; cognate to ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. Anu and El (deity) are Conceptions of God, god and sky and weather gods.
Elam
Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
See Anu and Elam
Elamite language
Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites.
Eleanor Robson
Eleanor Robson, (born 1969) is a British Assyriologist and academic.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) is an online digital library of texts and translations of Sumerian literature that was created by a now-completed project based at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford.
See Anu and Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
Emar
Emar, is an archaeological site at Tell Meskene in the Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.
See Anu and Emar
Emasculation
Emasculation is the removal of the external male sex organs, which includes both the penis and the scrotum, the latter of which contains the testicles.
Enūma Eliš
(Akkadian Cuneiform:, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening words) from the late 2nd millennium BCE and the only complete surviving account of ancient near eastern cosmology.
Enheduanna
Enheduanna (𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾, also transliterated as,, or variants) was the (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (BCE).
Enki
Enki (𒀭𒂗𒆠) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú), crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud), and one of the Anunnaki. Anu and Enki are characters in the Enūma Eliš and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Enki
Enkidu
Enkidu (𒂗𒆠𒄭 EN.KI.DU10) was a legendary figure in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, wartime comrade and friend of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk.
See Anu and Enkidu
Enlil
Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. Anu and Enlil are Hittite deities, Hurrian deities, Mesopotamian gods and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Enlil
Enmerkar
Enmerkar was an ancient Sumerian ruler to whom the construction of the city of Uruk and a 420-year reign was attributed.
See Anu and Enmerkar
Enmesharra
Enmesharra (𒀭𒂗𒈨𒊹𒊏, "Lord of all mes") was a Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. Anu and Enmesharra are Mesopotamian gods.
Entemena
Entemena, also called Enmetena (𒂗𒋼𒈨𒈾), lived circa 2400 BC, was a son of En-anna-tum I, and he reestablished Lagash as a power in Sumer.
See Anu and Entemena
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.
Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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Eridu
Eridu (𒆠|translit.
See Anu and Eridu
Erra (god)
Erra (sometimes called Irra) is an Akkadian plague god known from an 'epos' of the eighth century BCE. Anu and Erra (god) are Mesopotamian gods.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (𒀭𒊹𒉽𒀸, also 𒀭𒊹𒉽𒋧𒈾, meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sennacherib in 681 BC to his own death in 669.
Eudemus of Rhodes
Eudemus of Rhodes (Εὔδημος) was an ancient Greek philosopher, considered the first historian of science.
First Sealand dynasty
The First Sealand dynasty (URU.KÙKIWhere ŠEŠ-ḪA of King List A and ŠEŠ-KÙ-KI of King List B are read as URU.KÙ.KI), or the 2nd Dynasty of Babylon (although it was independent of Amorite-ruled Babylon), very speculatively c. 1732–1460 BC (short chronology), is an enigmatic series of kings attested to primarily in laconic references in the king lists A and B, and as contemporaries recorded on the Assyrian Synchronistic king list A.117.
See Anu and First Sealand dynasty
Garden of Eden
In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden (גַּן־עֵדֶן|gan-ʿĒḏen; Εδέμ; Paradisus) or Garden of God (גַּן־יְהֹוֶה|gan-YHWH|label.
Gareus
Gareus is a Mesopotamian deity who was introduced to Uruk (in modern-day Iraq) by the Parthians, who built a temple attributed to him there around 110 AD. Anu and Gareus are Mesopotamian gods.
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Gary Beckman
Gary Michael Beckman (born 1948) is a noted Hittitologist and Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies from the University of Michigan.
Geb
Geb (gbb, Egyptological pronunciation: Gebeb), also known as Ceb, was the Egyptian god of the Earth and a mythological member of the Ennead of Heliopolis.
See Anu and Geb
Geshtinanna
Geshtinanna was a Mesopotamian goddess best known due to her role in myths about the death of Dumuzi, her brother.
Gibil
Gibil (𒀭𒉈𒄀), also known under the Akkadian name Girra, was a Mesopotamian god associated with fire, both in its positive and negative aspects. Anu and Gibil are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Gibil
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh (𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦|translit. Anu and Gilgamesh are Mesopotamian gods.
Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld
Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld (abbreviated as GEN) is one of five extant compositions of the Sumerian language about the deeds of the hero Gilgamesh.
See Anu and Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld
Grammatical gender
In linguistics, a grammatical gender system is a specific form of a noun class system, where nouns are assigned to gender categories that are often not related to the real-world qualities of the entities denoted by those nouns.
See Anu and Grammatical gender
Gudea
Gudea (Sumerian:, Gu3-de2-a) was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled –2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC (middle chronology).
See Anu and Gudea
Gugalanna
In Sumerian religion, Gugalanna (𒄞𒃲𒀭𒈾 or 𒀭𒄘𒃲𒀭𒈾) is the first husband of Ereshkigal, the queen of the underworld. Anu and Gugalanna are Mesopotamian gods.
Gungunum
Gungunum (𒀭𒄖𒌦𒄖𒉡𒌝, Dgu-un-gu-nu-um) was a king of the city state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, ruling from 1932 to 1906 BC.
See Anu and Gungunum
Hadad
Hadad (𐎅𐎄|translit. Anu and Hadad are Mesopotamian gods and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Hadad
Hammurabi
Hammurabi (𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉|translit.
Hellenistic period
In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.
See Anu and Hellenistic period
Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.
See Anu and Hera
Hesiod
Hesiod (or; Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.
See Anu and Hesiod
History of Syria
The history of Syria covers events which occurred on the territory of the present Syrian Arab Republic and events which occurred in the region of Syria.
Hittite language
Hittite (𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷|translit.
Hurrian language
Hurrian is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language spoken by the Hurrians (Khurrites), a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC and had mostly vanished by 1000 BC.
Hurrian religion
The Hurrian religion was the polytheistic religion of the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of the Near East who chiefly inhabited the north of the Fertile Crescent.
Hurrians
The Hurrians (Ḫu-ur-ri; also called Hari, Khurrites, Hourri, Churri, Hurri) were a people who inhabited the Ancient Near East during the Bronze Age.
See Anu and Hurrians
Ištaran
Ištaran (Ishtaran; 𒀭𒅗𒁲) was a Mesopotamian god who was the tutelary deity of the city of Der, a city-state located east of the Tigris, in the proximity of the borders of Elam. Anu and Ištaran are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Ištaran
Ilabrat
Ilabrat was a Mesopotamian god who in some cases was regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of the sky god Anu. Anu and Ilabrat are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Ilabrat
Iliad
The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
See Anu and Iliad
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility.
See Anu and Inanna
Iranian religions
The Iranian religions, also known as the Persian religions, are, in the context of comparative religion, a grouping of religious movements that originated in the Iranian plateau, which accounts for the bulk of what is called "Greater Iran".
Irḫan
Irḫan was a Mesopotamian god who personified the western branch of the Euphrates, which in the first millennium BCE became its main course. Anu and Irḫan are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Irḫan
Ishme-Dagan
Ishme-Dagan (𒀭𒅖𒈨𒀭𒁕𒃶, Diš-me-Dda-gan, Išme-Dagān; fl. c. 1889 BC — c. 1871 BC by the short chronology of the ancient near east) was the 4th king of the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the "Sumerian King List" (SKL).
Isin
Isin (modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium Uruk period up until at least the late 1st millennium BC Neo-Babylonian period.
See Anu and Isin
Isin-Larsa period
The Isin-Larsa period (–1763 BCE, Middle Chronology, or 1961–1699 BCE, Short Chronology) is a phase in the history of ancient Mesopotamia, which extends between the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur and the conquest of Mesopotamia by King Hammurabi of Babylon leading to the creation of the First Babylonian dynasty.
Iteration
Iteration is the repetition of a process in order to generate a (possibly unbounded) sequence of outcomes.
Jabru
Jabru was a god who according to Mesopotamian god lists was worshiped in Elam.
See Anu and Jabru
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
See Anu and Jupiter
Kajamanu
Kajamānu or Kayyamanu (Akkadian: 𒅗𒀀𒀀𒈠𒉡 ka-a-a-ma-nu "the constant") or Uduimin-saĝuš (Sumerian: 𒀯𒇻𒅂𒊕𒍑 MULUDU.IMIN-saĝ-uš, "star of the sun") is the ancient Mesopotamian name for the planet Saturn. Anu and Kajamanu are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Kajamanu
Kakka
Kakka (also romanized as Kaka or Gaga) was a Mesopotamian deity. Anu and Kakka are characters in the Enūma Eliš and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Kakka
Kassites
The Kassites were people of the ancient Near East, who controlled Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire and until (short chronology).
See Anu and Kassites
Kesh (Sumer)
Kesh (Keš or Keši) was an ancient Sumerian city and religious site, whose patron goddess was Ninhursag.
Ki (goddess)
Ki (Sumerian) was the earth goddess in Sumerian religion, chief consort of the sky god An.
King of the gods
As polytheistic systems evolve, there is a tendency for one deity to achieve preeminence as king of the gods. Anu and king of the gods are kings of the gods.
Kish (Sumer)
Kish (Kiš;; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located south of Baghdad and east of the ancient city of Babylon.
Kishar
In the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar (Kišar.) is the daughter of Abzu and Lahmu, the first children of Tiamat and Abzu. Anu and Kishar are characters in the Enūma Eliš.
See Anu and Kishar
Kudurru
A kudurru was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants to vassals by the Kassites and later dynasties in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC.
See Anu and Kudurru
Kumarbi
Kumarbi, also known as Kumurwe, Kumarwi and Kumarma, was a Hurrian god. Anu and Kumarbi are Hittite deities, Hurrian deities, kings of the gods and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Kumarbi
Lagash
Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq.
See Anu and Lagash
Lahamu
Lahamu (d la-ḫa-mu) was a minor figure in some variants of Mesopotamian cosmology, the feminine counterpart of Lahmu. Anu and Lahamu are characters in the Enūma Eliš.
See Anu and Lahamu
Lahmu
Laḫmu (or, d laḫ-mu) is a class of apotropaic creatures from Mesopotamian mythology. Anu and Lahmu are characters in the Enūma Eliš and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Lahmu
Lamashtu
In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu (Akkadian dLa-maš-tu; Sumerian Dimme dDim3-me or Kamadme) was a female demon/monster/malevolent goddess or demigoddess who menaced women during childbirth and, if possible, kidnapped their children while they were breastfeeding.
See Anu and Lamashtu
Larsa
Larsa (𒌓𒀕𒆠|translit.
See Anu and Larsa
List of kings of Akkad
The king of Akkad (Akkadian) was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia.
See Anu and List of kings of Akkad
List of Mesopotamian deities
Deities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively anthropomorphic.
See Anu and List of Mesopotamian deities
Lugal-kisalsi
Lugal-kisalsi, also Lugaltarsi (lugal-kisal-si, also, lugal-tar-si, lugal-sila-si) was a King of Uruk and Ur who lived towards the end of the 25th century BCE, succeeding his father Lugal-kinishe-dudu, according to contemporary inscriptions, although he does not appear in the Sumerian King List (but his father does in some versions).
Lugal-zage-si
Lugal-Zage-Si (LUGAL.ZAG.GE.SI; frequently spelled Lugalzaggesi, sometimes Lugalzagesi or "Lugal-Zaggisi") of Umma (reigned 2358 – 2334 BCE middle chronology) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and the rise of the Akkadian Empire, and was considered as the only king of the third dynasty of Uruk, according to the Sumerian King List.
Lugalbanda
Lugalbanda was a deified Sumerian king of Uruk who, according to various sources of Mesopotamian literature, was the father of Gilgamesh. Anu and Lugalbanda are Mesopotamian gods.
Lugaldukuga
Lugaldukuga (Sumerian: "lord of the holy mound") was a Mesopotamian god primarily understood as a theogonic figure. Anu and Lugaldukuga are Mesopotamian gods.
Manungal
Nungal (𒀭𒎏𒃲 dNun-gal, "great princess"), also known as Manungal and possibly Bēlet-balāṭi, was the Mesopotamian goddess of prisons, sometimes also associated with the underworld.
See Anu and Manungal
Marduk
Marduk (Cuneiform: ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf") is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon who eventually rose to power in the First Millennium BC. Anu and Marduk are characters in the Enūma Eliš, kings of the gods and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Marduk
Mari, Syria
Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
See Anu and Mars
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.
Middle Babylonian period
The Middle Babylonian period, also known as the Kassite period, in southern Mesopotamia is dated from and began after the Hittites sacked the city of Babylon.
See Anu and Middle Babylonian period
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.
See Anu and Moon
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (Ólympos) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki.
MUL.APIN
MUL.APIN is the conventional title given to a Babylonian compendium that deals with many diverse aspects of Babylonian astronomy and astrology.
See Anu and MUL.APIN
Mummu
Mummu (Cuneiform: d umum, d mu-um-mu) is a Mesopotamian deity. Anu and Mummu are characters in the Enūma Eliš and Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Mummu
Nabonidus
Nabonidus (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-naʾid, meaning "May Nabu be exalted" or "Nabu is praised") was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 556 BC to the fall of Babylon to the Achaemenian Empire under Cyrus the Great in 539 BC.
Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar (𒀭𒉺𒀀𒉽|translit.
Nammu
Nammu (𒀭𒇉 dENGUR.
See Anu and Nammu
Nanaya
Nanaya (Sumerian, DNA.NA.A; also transcribed as "Nanāy", "Nanaja", "Nanāja", '"Nanāya", or "Nanai"; antiquated transcription: "Nanâ"; in Greek: Ναναια or Νανα; נני, ܢܢܝ) was a Mesopotamian goddess of love closely associated with Inanna.
See Anu and Nanaya
Napirisha
Napirisha (Linear Elamite: Napirriša) was an Elamite deity from the region of Anshan, and was the main deity of the kingdom from at least the late 3rd millennium BCE.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: DNa-ra-am DSîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative marking the name of a god), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.
See Anu and Naram-Sin of Akkad
Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.
See Anu and Neo-Assyrian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to Mesopotamia until Faisal II in the 20th century.
See Anu and Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.
Ningal
Ningal (Sumerian: "Great Queen"; Akkadian Nikkal) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin.
See Anu and Ningal
Ningishzida
Ningishzida (Sumerian: DNIN.G̃IŠ.ZID.DA, possible meaning "Lord Good Tree") was a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation, the underworld and sometimes war. Anu and Ningishzida are Mesopotamian gods.
Ninhursag
Ninḫursaĝ (𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer. Anu and Ninhursag are characters in the Enūma Eliš.
Ninisina
Ninisina (Sumerian: "Mistress of Isin") was a Mesopotamian goddess who served as the tutelary deity of the city of Isin.
See Anu and Ninisina
Ninkarrak
Ninkarrak (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒋼𒀀𒊏𒀝, dnin-kar-ra-ak) was a goddess of medicine worshiped chiefly in northern Mesopotamia and Syria.
Ninlil
Ninlil (DNIN.LÍL; meaning uncertain) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Enlil. Anu and Ninlil are Hurrian deities.
See Anu and Ninlil
Ninshubur
Ninshubur (Ninšubur, "Lady of Subartu" or "Lady of servants"), also spelled Ninšubura, was a Mesopotamian goddess whose primary role was that of the sukkal (divine attendant) of the goddess Inanna. Anu and Ninshubur are Mesopotamian gods.
Nippur
Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.
See Anu and Nippur
Nisaba
Nisaba was the Mesopotamian goddess of writing and grain.
See Anu and Nisaba
Nuska
Nuska or Nusku, possibly also known as Našuḫ, was a Mesopotamian god best attested as the sukkal (divine vizier) of Enlil. Anu and Nuska are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Nuska
Old Babylonian Empire
The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.
See Anu and Old Babylonian Empire
Orphism (religion)
Orphism (more rarely Orphicism; Orphiká) is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in Thrace and later spreading to the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical Thracian poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.
See Anu and Orphism (religion)
Papsukkal
Papsukkal (𒀭𒉽𒈛) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Anu and his wife Antu in Seleucid Uruk. Anu and Papsukkal are Mesopotamian gods.
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD.
Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Paul-Alain Beaulieu is a Canadian Assyriologist, a Professor of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.
See Anu and Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Philo of Byblos
Philo of Byblos (Φίλων Βύβλιος, Phílōn Býblios; Philo Byblius; – 141), also known as Herennius Philon, was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek.
Poles of astronomical bodies
The poles of astronomical bodies are determined based on their axis of rotation in relation to the celestial poles of the celestial sphere.
See Anu and Poles of astronomical bodies
Rim-Sîn I
Rim-Sîn I (𒀭𒊑𒅎𒀭𒂗𒍪, Dri-im-Dsuen) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1758 BC to 1699 BC (in short chronology) or 1822 BC to 1763 BC (middle chronology).
Samsu-iluna
Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu-iluna, "The Sun (is) our god") (–1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon.
Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.
See Anu and Saturn
Sebitti
The Sebitti or Sebittu are a group of seven minor war gods in Neo-Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and especially Assyrian tradition. Anu and Sebitti are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Sebitti
Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.
Seleucid era
The Seleucid era ("SE") or Anno Graecorum (literally "year of the Greeks" or "Greek year"), sometimes denoted "AG," was a system of numbering years in use by the Seleucid Empire and other countries among the ancient Hellenistic civilizations, and later by the Parthians.
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator (Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ) was a Macedonian Greek general, officer and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the eponymous Seleucid Empire, led by the Seleucid dynasty.
See Anu and Seleucus I Nicator
Shamash
Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš), also known as Utu (Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. Anu and Shamash are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Shamash
Shamshi-Adad I
Shamshi-Adad (Šamši-Adad; Amorite: Shamshi-Addu), ruled 1808–1776 BC, was an Amorite warlord and conqueror who had conquered lands across much of Syria, Anatolia, and Upper Mesopotamia.
Shara (god)
Shara (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁈, dšara2) was a Mesopotamian god associated with the city of Umma and other nearby settlements. Anu and Shara (god) are Mesopotamian gods.
Shulgi
Shulgi (dšul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur.
See Anu and Shulgi
Shuruppak
Shuruppak (𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠, SU.KUR.RUki, "the healing place"), modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.
Sin (mythology)
Sin or Suen (𒀭𒂗𒍪, dEN.ZU) also known as Nanna (𒀭𒋀𒆠 DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) is the Mesopotamian god representing the moon. Anu and Sin (mythology) are kings of the gods and Mesopotamian gods.
Sky father
In comparative mythology, sky father is a term for a recurring concept in polytheistic religions of a sky god who is addressed as a "father", often the father of a pantheon and is often either a reigning or former King of the Gods.
South wind
A south wind is a wind that originates in the south and blows in a northward direction.
Sukkal
Sukkal (conventionally translated from Sumerian as "vizier") was a term which could denote both a type of official and a class of deities in ancient Mesopotamia.
See Anu and Sukkal
Sumerian language
Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.
Sumerian religion
Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
See Anu and Sun
Syncretism
Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.
Tašmišu
Tašmišu (Tashmishu) was a Hurrian god. Anu and Tašmišu are Hurrian deities.
See Anu and Tašmišu
Tale of Aqhat
The Tale of Aqhat or Epic of Aqhat is a Canaanite myth from Ugarit, an ancient city in what is now Syria.
Tarḫunna
Tarḫunna or Tarḫuna/i was the Hittite weather god. Anu and Tarḫunna are Hittite deities and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Tarḫunna
Teshub
Teshub was the Hurrian weather god, as well as the head of the Hurrian pantheon. Anu and Teshub are Hittite deities, Hurrian deities, kings of the gods and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Teshub
The Four Winds (Mesopotamian)
The Four Winds are a group of mythical figures in Mesopotamian mythology whose names and functions correspond to four cardinal directions of wind. Anu and The Four Winds (Mesopotamian) are Mesopotamian gods and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and The Four Winds (Mesopotamian)
Theogony
The Theogony (i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed.
See Anu and Theogony
Theophoric name
A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity.
Third Dynasty of Ur
The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.
See Anu and Third Dynasty of Ur
Tiamat
In Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat (𒀭𒋾𒊩𒆳 or, Thaláttē) is the primordial sea, mating with Abzû (Apsu), the groundwater, to produce the gods in the Babylonian epic Enûma Elish, which translates as "when on high". Anu and Tiamat are characters in the Enūma Eliš.
See Anu and Tiamat
Tigris
The Tigris (see below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.
See Anu and Tigris
Tilth
Tilth is a physical condition of soil, especially in relation to its suitability for planting or growing a crop.
See Anu and Tilth
Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
See Anu and Tin
Tree of life (biblical)
In Judaism and Christianity, the tree of life (‘ēṣ haḥayyīm; Lignum vitae) is first described in of the Book of Genesis as being "in the midst of the Garden of Eden" with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע; Lignum scientiae boni et mali).
See Anu and Tree of life (biblical)
Ugarit
Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.
See Anu and Ugarit
Umma
Umma (𒄑𒆵𒆠; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities.
See Anu and Umma
Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.
See Anu and Ur
Ur-Nammu
Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian:, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.
See Anu and Ur-Nammu
Uraš
Uraš (dUraš), or Urash, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the personification of the earth.
See Anu and Uraš
Uranus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Uranus (also), sometimes written Ouranos (sky), is the personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities. Anu and Uranus (mythology) are sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Uranus (mythology)
Urash (god)
Urash (Uraš) was a Mesopotamian god who was the tutelary deity of Dilbat. Anu and Urash (god) are Mesopotamian gods.
Urkayītu
Urkayītu, also known as Urkītum, was a Mesopotamian goddess who likely functioned as the divine representation of the city of Uruk.
See Anu and Urkayītu
Uruk
Uruk, known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river.
See Anu and Uruk
Uruk period
The Uruk period (c. 4000 to 3100 BC; also known as Protoliterate period) existed from the protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of Mesopotamia, after the Ubaid period and before the Jemdet Nasr period.
Uttu
Uttu was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with weaving.
See Anu and Uttu
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun.
See Anu and Venus
Vologases I of Parthia
Vologases I (𐭅𐭋𐭂𐭔 Walagash) was the King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 51 to 78.
See Anu and Vologases I of Parthia
Walter Burkert
Walter Burkert (2 February 1931 – 11 March 2015) was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult.
Weather god
A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
Wilfred G. Lambert
Wilfred George Lambert FBA (26 February 1926 – 9 November 2011) was a historian and archaeologist, a specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology.
See Anu and Wilfred G. Lambert
Xerxes I
Xerxes I (– August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.
See Anu and Xerxes I
Yahweh
Yahweh was an ancient Levantine deity, and the national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah, later the god of Judaism and its other descendant Abrahamic religions. Anu and Yahweh are Conceptions of God and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Yahweh
Zababa
Zababa (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 dza-ba4-ba4) was the tutelary deity of the city of Kish in ancient Mesopotamia. Anu and Zababa are Mesopotamian gods.
See Anu and Zababa
Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains (Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; translit; translit;; Luri: Kûya Zagrus کویا زاگرس or کوه یل زاگرس) are a long mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq, and southeastern Turkey.
Zeus
Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Anu and Zeus are kings of the gods and sky and weather gods.
See Anu and Zeus
Ziggurat
A ziggurat (Cuneiform: 𒅆𒂍𒉪, Akkadian: ziqqurratum, D-stem of zaqārum 'to protrude, to build high', cognate with other Semitic languages like Hebrew zaqar (זָקַר) 'protrude') is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia.
See Anu and Ziggurat
See also
Characters in the Enūma Eliš
- Abzu
- Anshar
- Anu
- Anunnaki
- Bašmu
- Damgalnuna
- Enki
- Kakka
- Kingu
- Kishar
- Kulullû
- Kusarikku
- Lahamu
- Lahmu
- Marduk
- Mušmaḫḫū
- Mummu
- Ninhursag
- Scorpion man
- Tiamat
- Ušumgallu
- Ugallu
- Umū dabrūtu
- Uridimmu
God
- Allah
- Anu
- Arguments against the existence of God
- Arguments for the existence of God
- Bathala
- Chista
- Conceptions of God
- Divine countenance
- Ekam
- El (deity)
- Elohim
- Fear of God
- God
- God (word)
- Holy Spirit
- Lawsuits against God
- Marang Buru
- Mathematics and God
- Shangdi
- Theosis
- Trinity
Kings of the gods
- Amun
- Anshar
- Anu
- Ashur (god)
- Indra
- Jupiter (god)
- King of the gods
- Kumarbi
- Lugus
- Marduk
- Nongshāba
- Oxus (god)
- Ra
- Sin (mythology)
- Teshub
- Zeus
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu
Also known as An (deity), An (god), An (goddess), An (mythology), An (sky), Anu (deity), Anu (god), Anu (mythology), Anu (sky).
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