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Ancient gods and goddesses
  • Holly Iseler

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Anu father of the gods
  • Anu, the Great father and king of the gods.
  • He lived in heaven and his symbol was a star.
  • He came to Earth either at times of great crisis,
    or in ceremonial visitations - when he was
    accompanied by his spouse Nammu (ANTU).

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Nammu mother gave birth to heaven and earth
  • Goddess of the watery abyss, the primeval sea.
  • She may be one of the earliest of the gods within
    Sumerian cosmology as she gave birth to heaven
    and earth.
  • She was both the mother of all the gods and the
    wife of Anu.

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Enil Second in Command
  • The second and most powerful deity of Sumeria.
  • God of heaven and earth, firstborn of the main
    god Anu. Dispenser of kingship, chief of the
    assembly of the gods, granter of agriculture, and
    the lord of airspace.
  • He was considered a supreme god by the Sumerians
    and by the Sumerian gods.
  • He helped mankind by bestowing the knowledge of
    farming, using the plow and the pick-ax.

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Enki (Ea) Creator of the humans
  • Enki was the god who created the first humans.
  • He unraveled the secrets of life and death.
  • He is the god of water, creation, and fertility.
  • He also holds dominion over the land. He is the
    keeper of the 'me' - the divine laws - the rules
    of the universe.

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Sin Moon god
  • The moon god.
  • Wise and secretive, the enemy of all evil
    spirits.
  • He is pictured as an old man with a long beard
    who flies through the sky in his sailboat every
    night.

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Huwawa Guardian of the Cedar
  • Guardian of the cedar of the heart in the the
    "land of the living",
  • Huwawa has dragon's teeth, a lion's face, a roar
    like rushing flood water, huge clawed feet and a
    thick mane.
  • He lived there in a cedar house.

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Utu (Shamash) god of the Sun
  • He is the god of the sun and of justice.
  • Decrees the fate of the dead.
  • He is in charge of the "land of the living.

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Ishtar goddess of love and war
  • She is the goddess of love, procreation, and war.
  • She is armed with a quiver and bow.
  • Convinced Anu to send the Bull of Heaven to kill
    Gilgamesh after he rejected her.

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Weird but True gods
  • Web gods
  • Music gods
  • Hawaiian gods
  • Source of information http//www.crystalinks.com/
    sumergods.html
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