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Assyrian Gods and Goddesses and Babylonian Gods and Goddesses

Older Gods

Apsu underworld ocean; begetter of the skies and earth

Tiamat primeval chaos; bearer of the skies and earth

Lahmu & Lahamu

Anshar

Kishar

Anu sky god, father & king of the gods

Antu(m) 1st consort of Anu

Aruru (Ninmah, Mami) mother goddess; midwife of the gods

Mammetum maker or mother of fate

Nammu associated with water.


Anunnaki Gods*
Younger Gods

Ellil (Enlil) initially, leader of the pantheon

Ea (Enki, Nudimmud)** god of the waters

Mummu craftsman

Qingu battle leader

Sin (Nannar) moon god

Ningal the consort of Sin

Ishtar (Ishhara, Irnini, Inanna) goddess of love, procreation, and war

Siduri barmaid

Shamash (Babbar, Utu) sun god

Aia Shamash's consort

Kakka Anshar and Anu's vizier

Ninlil Elil's consort

Nusku god of fire and Ellil's vizier

Gerra (Gibil) god of fire

Ishum god of fire

Kalkal Ellil's doorkeeper

Nash a pure goddess

Zaltu strife

Ninurta chamberlain of the war god

Ninsun great queen

Marduk supplants other Babylonian deities to become central figure

Bel (Canaanite Baal cleverest; sage of the gods

Ashur god of Assyria and war

Shullat Shamash's servant

Papsukkal vizier of the great gods

Hanish weather god's servant

Adad a storm god

Shara

Nin-ildu carpenter

Gushkin-banda creator of god and man, goldsmith god

Nin-agal patron of smiths.

Chthonic Deities***
Ereshkigal (Allatu) supreme goddess of underworld

Belit-tseri tablet-scribe of the underworld

Namtar(a) the fate-cutter, herald of death

Sumuqan cattle god

Nergal (Erragal, Erra, Engidudu) underworld; hunter; god of war
and plague

Irra plague god

Enmesharra underworld god

Lamashtu dread female demon also known as 'she who erases'

Nabu god of writing and wisdom

Ningizzia guardian of the gate of heaven; a god of the underworld

Tammuz (Dumuzi, Adonis)**** vegetation

Belili (Geshtinanna)

Gizzida (Gishzida) consort of Belili, doorkeeper of Anu

Nissaba (Nisaba) cereal grain harvest

Dagan fertility and the underworld

Birdu an underworld god

Sharru god of submission

Urshambi boatman to Utnapishtim

Ennugi controller of the Anunnaki

Geshtu-e god whose blood and intelligence are used by Mami to create man.

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