Myths originating in th Akkadian empire
Myths originating in the ancient Akkadian empire.
The middle eastern region of Mesopotamia.
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What demons/fabulous creatures did the Sumerians mention?
I'm looking into fabulous creatures and demons specifically in Sumerian texts, or in Akkadian texts but where the creature/demon still had a Sumerian origin. I can't seem to find a complete list, if it even exists, and many which are listed in…
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Who is the she-demon pasittu?
I was researching the question What demons/fabulous creatures did the Sumerians mention? when I stumbled upon the she-demon pasittu:
Mankind Punished
[iii.45] Enki made ready to speak,
and said to Nintu the birth goddess:
"You, birth goddess,…
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Anat and Ištar (west Semitic deity), did these deities derive from the same Semitic deity?
Apparently, Astarte/Athtart/Ashtart the Phoenician/Carthaginian goddess was a variation of (or that she simply derived from the same religious figure) the Babylonian Ishtar (who was herself a fusion of Inanna and some Akkadian goddess named Ištar),…
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What or who is Igidallru?
In Did Greeks and Romans allow for belief in only some of their gods?, Igidallru is mentioned:
Here is for example Odysseus killing the Cyclops, I meant Nergal killing Igidallru
As a comment points out, this apparently is the only reference to…
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What is a "house of Madanu" and a "gate of Madanu"?
The Hittite ritual CTH 432 ("The Ritual for Depression") mentions laying out certain patterns in flour, starting at §3.24:
namma-kan É dMADANI Ù É dṢAR[…
gulašzi nu-kan KÁ dMADANI IŠ[…
Next, he shall mark out the Temple of Madanu and the Temple of…
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Which Mesopotamian gods had sacred numbers?
In ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform, there were a few different ways of writing a deity's name. You could spell it out, you could write one of their divine purviews, or you could use a "sacred number". If you wanted to talk about the sun-god Shamash,…
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Book recommendations for Sumerian ME decrees
What are some reasonably well-informed scholarly studies (books, book-chapters, articles)
on the Sumerian godly decrees ME,
preferably containing the latest archeological evidence and interpetation?
I'm interested in the worldview the MEs reveal, as…
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