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Gods & Goddesses

A list of Akkadian, Babylonian, and Sumerian gods.

Mesopotamian Deities

This list contains Akkadian, Babylonian, and Sumerian names, some of which refer to the same god in the other culture, and also over a number of time periods.

A-a
  • Sun goddess
  • Consort of the sun god Samas

Abu
  • Minor vegetation god
  • Sprung from head of Enki

Abzu
  • God of underground waters

Adad
  • Weather god
  • Giver of life in the fields
  • Son of Anu

Ama-arhus
  • Fertility goddess

Amasagnul
  • Fertility goddess

An (Anum)
  • Head of the pantheon
  • God of the sky
  • The ultimate source of all authority

Annedotus: See Oannes.

Anshar
  • Primordial deity linked with heaven

Antu
  • Creator goddess
  • Consort of Anu

Antum
  • Consort of An
  • Source of rain

Anu
  • Creator god
  • Consort of Antu

Anum: See An.

Anunitu: See Antu.

Apsu
  • God of underworld primeval waters

Aruru
  • Mother goddess

Aruzu
  • God of completed construction

Asalluha
  • Messenger and reporter to his father Enki

Ashnan
  • Goddess of grain

Asman
  • Minor vegetation goddess
  • Protectoress of the grains in the fields

Assur
  • Tutelary (guardian) god
  • National deity of Assyria

Aya
  • Mother goddess
  • Consort of sun god Samas

Baba
  • Fertility goddess

Belet-Seri
  • Underworld goddess

Birdu
  • Minor underworld god
  • Consort of Manungal

Dagon
  • God of vegetation
  • Fertility god
  • Half man and half fish

Damgalnuna
  • Mother goddess

Ea: See Enki.

Ellil: See Enlil.

Emesh
  • Vegetation god

Enbillulu
  • River god

Endursaga
  • Herald god

Enki (Ea)
  • God of Earth
  • God of the fresh waters
  • God of the air
  • God of wisdom
  • Source of all secret magical knowledge

Enkimdu
  • God of canals and ditches
  • Father of Marduk

Enlil (Ellil)
  • National god of Sumer
  • Held the Tablets of Destiny

Enmesarra
  • God of the law

Ennugi
  • God attendant and throne-bearer of Enlil

Enten
  • Guardian deity of farmers

Ereshkigal
  • Queen of the netherworld
  • Consort of Gugulanna

Erra
  • God of war

Erua: See Zarpanitu..

Gangir
  • Daughter of goddess Baba

Gatumdug
  • Fertility goddess
  • Daughter of god An

Gerra
  • God of fire

Geshtu
  • Minor god of intellect

Gibil
  • Fire god

Girru
  • God of fire and light
  • Messenger of the gods

Gugulanna
  • Minor underworld deity
  • Consort of Erishkigal

Gula (Nin Ezen)
  • Goddess of healing
  • Consort of Ninurta

Gusilim: See Ishtaran.

Hala
  • Goddess of healing

Hani
  • Minor god and attendant of Adad

Hendursaga
  • God of the law

Igigi
  • A group of younger sky gods

Ilabrat
  • Minor god and minister of state of chief god Anu

Im
  • Storm god

Inanna (Ishtar)
  • Sister of Utu
  • Goddess of several roles, including Morning Star and Evening Star

Ishara
  • Goddess of marriage and childbirth

Isimud
  • Messenger of the god Enki

Ishkur
  • Storm god

Ishtar: See Inanna.

Ishtaran
  • Tutelary god of the city of Dur

Ishum
  • Attendant of the god Erra
  • Brother of the god Samash

Kabta
  • God of artisans

Kakka
  • Minor god and minister of state to Anu and Anshar

Ki
  • Personified of the earth and the underworld
  • Consort of An

Kingu
  • Leader of the forces of the beginning and shaping of the world
  • Husband-son of Tiamat

Kishar
  • Creator of An and Ki
  • Consort of Anshar

Kulla
  • God who restores temples
  • God of builders

Kus
  • God of herdsmen

Kusag
  • Patron god of priests
  • High priest of the gods

Lahamu
  • Primordial deity
  • Created from the primeval ocean

Lahar
  • God of cattle
  • Carries a bow and a club

Lilith
  • Goddess of desolation

Lugal-Irra
  • Underworld god

Mami
  • Mother goddess who created mortals

Mandanu
  • God of divine judgment

Manungal
  • Underworld god

Marduk
  • Supreme god
  • God of the sun
  • Son of Enki and Damgalnuna

Martu
  • Tutelary god and patron god of the city of Ninab

Mullitu
  • Goddess of fertility and childbirth
  • Consort of Ellil

Nabu
  • God of writing and wisdom
  • Son of Marduk and Zarpanitu

Nammu
  • Birth goddess
  • Creator of heaven and earth
  • Mother of the gods

Namtar
  • Messenger god for the goddess Ereshkigal

Nanaja
  • Fertility goddess

Nanna
  • God of the full moon, the crescents, and the new moon

Nanshe
  • Goddess of justice

Negun
  • Minor goddess associated with the goddess Sirara

Nergal
  • God of war, of pestilence, of the chase, of the midsummer sun
  • King of the netherworld

Neti
  • Chthonic (underworld) god

Nimsimug
  • God who completes construction

Nin Ezen: See Gula.

Nin Ilda
  • God of carpenters

Nin Imma
  • Fertility goddess

Nin Shar
  • Minor mother goddess

Nindara
  • Consort of the goddess Nanshe

Ninegal
  • God of smiths

Nindurra
  • Mother of the goddess Utto by Enki

Ningal
  • Reed goddess

Ningikuga
  • Goddess of reeds and marshes

Ningirama
  • God of magic

Ningirsu
  • God of thundershowers
  • God of the plough

Ningis Zi Da
  • God of light coming from the horizon

Ninhursaga
  • High goddess
  • Goddess of mountains

Ninib
  • God of the spring sun
  • God of the morning sun

Ninkarnunna
  • Barber god
  • Attendant of the god Ninurta

Ninkhursaga
  • Goddess of birth for pregnant animals
  • Midwife of the gods

Ninkurra
  • Minor mother goddess

Ninlil
  • Goddess of grain
  • Consort of Enlil

Ninmena
  • Mother goddess

Ninmu
  • Mother of goddess Nindurra by Enki

Ninsikil
  • Patron goddess of the paradise land of Dilmun

Ninshubur
  • Messenger goddess of the goddess Inana

Ninsun
  • Cow goddess

Ninurta
  • God of thunderstorms
  • God of the plough

Nisaba
  • Goddess of writing
  • Goddess of grain and reeds

Nu Mus Da
  • Tutelary god
  • Patron of the city Kazallu

Nudimmud
  • God who created the first ocean

Nunbarsegunu
  • Obscure mother goddess

Nushku
  • God of light

Oannes (Annedotus)
  • God of the sea
  • Instructs humans in the arts and sciences during the day
  • Head and body of a fish and feet of a man

Pa-bil-sag
  • Tutelary god of Isin

Pap-nigin-gara
  • God of war

Papsukal
  • Messenger god

Samas
  • Sun god
  • Consort of A-a

Sebitti
  • A group of minor gods

Shakka
  • God of cattle

Shala
  • War goddess

Shamash
  • Sun god

Shara
  • Minor war god

Shara Itu
  • Fertility goddess

Sherida
  • Mother goddess

Shullat
  • Minor god
  • Attendant of the sun god Shamash

Shulman
  • Chthonic god
  • Fertility god

Shul-pa-e
  • Fertility god
  • Astral god

Shulsaga
  • Astral goddess

Shumugan
  • God of river plains

Siduri
  • Minor goddess of brewing

Sin
  • Moon god

Sirara
  • Goddess of the Persian Gulf

Sirsir
  • God of mariners

Tashmetu
  • Goddess consort of the god Nabu

Tiamat
  • Primordial creator goddess
  • Goddess of the sea

Tishpak
  • Tutelary god of the city of Eshnumma

Tutu
  • Tutelary god of Rorsippa

Ua-Ildak
  • Vegetation goddess

Urash
  • Chthonic earth goddess
  • A consort of the sky god An

Umunmutamku and Umunmutamnag
  • Dieties who present to the gods offerings made by humans

Utnapishtim
  • A human made a god after he built an ark and saved himself, his family, and the beasts because of the deluge

Uttu
  • Goddess of clothing
  • Vegetation goddess
  • Daughter of Enki and Nindurra

Utu
  • Sun god
  • God responsible for dispensing justice to gods and men
  • Son of the moon god Nanna and the goess Ninlil

Wer
  • Storm god
  • Linked with Adad and Amurru

Zababa
  • God of war

Zarpanitu (Erua)
  • Birth goddess
  • Consort of Marduk
  • Marriage celebrated annually at New Year in Babylon




 
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