LIST OF MESOPOTAMIAN DEITIES PART - 2

Major Deities :

Hadad (or Adad) :

Storm and rain god

Enlil (or Ashur) :

God of air, head of the Assyrian and Sumerian pantheon

Anu (or An) :

God of heaven and the sky, lord of constellations, and father of the gods

Dagon (or Dagan) :

God of fertility

Enki (or Ea) :

God of the Abzu, crafts, water, intelligence, mischief and creation and divine ruler of the Earth and its humans

Ereshkigal :

Goddess of Irkalla, the Underworld

Inanna (later known as Ishtar) :

Goddess of fertility, love, and war

Marduk :

Patron deity of Babylon who eventually became regarded as the head of the Babylonian pantheon

Nabu :

God of wisdom and writing

Nanshe :

Goddess of prophecy, fertility and fish

Nergal :

God of plague, war, and the sun in its destructive capacity; later husband of Ereshkigal

Ninhursag (or Mami, Belet-Ili, Ki, Ninmah, Nintu, or Aruru) :

Earth and mother goddess

Ninlil :

Goddess of the air; consort of Enlil

Ninurta :

Champion of the gods, the epitome of youthful vigor, and god of agriculture

Shamash (or Utu) :

God of the sun, arbiter of justice and patron of travelers

Sin (or Nanna) :

God of the moon

Tammuz (or Dumuzid) :

God of food and vegetation

Minor deities :

This is only some of them. There are thousands.

Abu :

A minor god of vegetation

Ama-arhus :

Akkadian fertility goddess; later merged into Ninhursag

Amasagnul :

Akkadian fertility goddess

Amurru :

God of the Amorite people

An :

A goddess, possibly the female principle of Anu

Arah :

The goddess of fate

Asaruludu or Namshub :

A protective deity

Ashnan :

Goddess of grain

Aya :

A mother goddess and consort of Shamash

Azimua :

A minor Sumerian goddess

Bau :

Dog-headed patron goddess of Lagash

Belet-Seri :

Recorder of the dead entering the underworld

Birdu :

An underworld god; consort of Manungal and later syncretized with Nergal

Bunene :

Divine charioteer of Shamash

Damgalnuna :

Mother of Marduk

Damu :

God of vegetation and rebirth; possibly a local offshoot of Dumuzi

Emesh :

God of vegetation, created to take responsibility on earth for woods, fields, sheep folds, and stables

Enbilulu :

God of rivers, canals, irrigation and farming

Endursaga :

A herald god

Enkimdu :

God of farming, canals and ditches

Enmesarra :

An underworld god of the law, equated with Nergal

Ennugi :

Attendant and throne-bearer of Enlil

Enshag :

A minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki

Enten :

God of vegetation, created to take responsibility on earth for the fertility of ewes, goats, cows, donkeys, birds

Erra :

Akkadian god of mayhem and pestilence

Gaga :

A minor deity featured in the Enûma Eliš

Gatumdag :

A fertility goddess and tutelary mother goddess of Lagash

Geshtinanna :

Sumerian goddess of wine and cold seasons, sister to Dumuzid

Geshtu-E :

Minor god of intelligence

Gibil or Gerra :

God of fire

Gugalanna :

The Great Bull of Heaven, the constellation Taurus and the first husband of Ereshkigal

Gunara :

A minor god of uncertain status

Hahanu :

A minor god of uncertain status

Hani :

An attendant of the storm god Adad

Hayasum :

A minor god of uncertain status

Hegir-Nuna :

A daughter of the goddess Bau

Hendursaga :

God of law

Ilabrat :

Attendant and minister of state to Anu

Ishum :

Brother of Shamash and attendant of Erra

Isimud :

Two-faced messenger of Enki

Ištaran :

God of the city of Der (Sumer)

Kabta :

Obscure god “Lofty one of heaven”

Kakka :

Attendant and minister of state to both Anu and Anshar

Kingu :

Consort of Tiamat; killed by Marduk, who used his blood to create mankind

Kubaba :

Tutelary goddess of the city of Carchemish

Kulla :

God of bricks and building

Kus (god) :

God of herdsmen

Lahar :

God of cattle

Lugal-Irra :

Possibly a minor variation of Erra

Lulal :

The younger son of Inanna; patron god of Bad-tibira

Mamitu :

Sumerian goddess of fate

Manungal :

An underworld goddess; consort of Birdu

Mandanu :

God of divine judgment

Muati :

Obscure Sumerian god who became syncretized with Nabu

Mushdamma :

God of buildings and foundations

Nammu :

A creation goddess

Nanaya :

Goddess personifying voluptuousness and sensuality

Nazi :

A minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki

Negun :

A minor goddess of uncertain status

Neti :

A minor underworld god; the chief gatekeeper of the netherworld and the servant of Ereshkigal

Nibhaz :

God of the Avim

Nidaba :

Goddess of writing, learning and the harvest

Namtar :

Minister of Ereshkigal

Nin-Ildu :

God of carpenters

Nin-imma :

Goddess of the female sex organs

Ninazu :

God of the underworld and healing

Nindub :

God associated with the city Lagash

Ningal :

Goddess of reeds and consort of Nanna (Sin)

Ningikuga :

Goddess of reeds and marshes

Ningirama :

God of magic and protector against snakes

Ningishzida :

God of the vegetation and underworld

Ninkarnunna :

God of barbers

Ninkasi :

Goddess of beer

Ninkilim :

"Lord Rodent" god of vermin

Ninkurra :

Minor mother goddess

Ninmena :

Sumerian mother goddess who became syncretized with Ninhursag

Ninsar :

Goddess of plants

Ninshubur :

Sumerian messenger goddess and second-in-command to Inanna, later adapted by the Akkadians as the male god Papsukkal

Ninsun :

"Lady Wild Cow"; mother of Gilgamesh

Ninsutu :

A minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki

Nintinugga :

Babylonian goddess of healing

Nintulla :

A minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki

Nu Mus Da :

Patron god of the lost city of Kazallu

Nunbarsegunu :

Goddess of barley

Nusku :

God of light and fire

Pabilsag :

Tutelary god of the city of Isin

Pap-nigin-gara :

Akkadian and Babylonian god of war, syncretized with Ninurta

Pazuzu :

Son of Hanbi, and king of the demons of the wind

Sarpanit :

Mother goddess and consort of Marduk

The Sebitti :

A group of minor war gods

Shakka :

Patron god of herdsmen

Shala :

Goddess of war and grain

Shara :

Minor god of war and a son of Inanna

Sharra Itu :

Sumerian fertility goddess

Shul-pa-e :

Astral and fertility god associated with the planet Jupiter

Shul-utula :

Personal deity to Entemena, king of the city of Eninnu

Shullat :

Minor god and attendant of Shamash

Shulmanu :

God of the underworld, fertility and war

Shulsaga :

Astral goddess

Sirara :

Goddess of the Persian Gulf

Siris :

God of beer

Sirsir :

God of mariners and boatmen

Sirtir :

Goddess of sheep

Sumugan :

God of the river plains

Tashmetum :

Consort of Nabu

Tishpak :

Tutelary god of the city of Eshnunna

Tutu :

Tutelary god of the city of Borsippa

Ua-Ildak :

Goddess responsible for pastures and poplar trees

Ukur :

A god of the underworld

Uttu :

Goddess of weaving and clothing

Wer :

A storm god linked to Adad

Zaqar :

Messenger of Sin who relays communication through dreams and nightmares

Primordial beings :

Abzu :

The Ocean Below, the name for fresh water from underground aquifers; depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic Enûma Eliš

Anshar :

God of the sky and male principle

Goddess of the earth and female principle

The first dragon, born of Abzu and Ma. Also Kur-gal, or Ki-gal the underworld

First-born daughter of Abzu and Tiamat

Ma :

Primordial goddess of the earth

God of crafts and technical skill

Primordial goddess of the ocean

Demigods and Heroes :

Adapa :

A hero who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality

The Apkallu :

Seven demigods created by the god Enki to give civilization to mankind

Gilgamesh :

Hero and king of Uruk; central character in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Enkidu :

Hero and companion of Gilgamesh

Enmerkar :

The legendary builder of the city of Uruk

Lugalbanda :

Second king of Uruk, who ruled for 1,200 years

Utnapishtim :

Hero who survived a great flood and was granted immortality; character in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Spirits and demons :

Alû :

Demon of night

Asag :

Monstrous demon whose presence makes fish boil alive in the rivers

Asakku :

Evil demon(s)

The edimmu :

Ghosts of those who were not buried properly

Gallû :

Underworld demon

Hanbi or Hanpa :

Father of Pazuzu

Humbaba :

Guardian of the Cedar Forest

Lamashtu :

A malevolent being who menaced women during childbirth

Lilû :

Wandering demon

Mukil reš lemutti :

Demon of headaches

Pazuzu :

King of the demons of the wind; he also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought

Rabisu :

An evil vampiric spirit 

Šulak :

Šulak the bathroom demon, “lurker” in the bathroom

Zu :

Divine storm-bird and the personification of the southern wind and the thunder clouds

Legendary beasts :

• Battle Bison beast : One of the creatures slain by Ninurta

The eleven mythical monsters created by Tiamat in the Epic of Creation, Enûma Eliš :

Bašmu :

“Venomous Snake”

Ušumgallu :

“Great Dragon”

Mušmahhu :

“Exalted Serpent”

Mušhuššu :

“Furious Snake”

Lahmu, :

the “Hairy One”

Ugallu :

the “Big Weather-Beast”

Uridimmu :

“Mad Lion”

Girtablullû :

“Scorpion-Man”

Umu dabrutu :

“Violent Storms”

Kulullû :

“Fish-Man”

Kusarikku :

“Bull-Man”

Source :

https://www.wikiwand.com/
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