Babylonian Pantheon

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Babylonian Pantheon
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Anu the god of the highest heaven Marduk
national god of the Babylonians Tiamat dragon
goddess Kingu husband of Tiamat Enlil god of
weather and storms Nabu god of the scribal arts
Ishtar goddess of love Ea god of wisdom
Enurta god of war Anshar father of heaven
Shamash god of the sun and of justice Ashur
national god of the Assyrians Kishar father of
earth
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Marduk
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Marduk and Tiamat
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The Sun God Shamash
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Canaanite gods
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El

• Bull El / God - thôru ilu
• El at the sources of the two rivers Father of
  Humanity
• The Creator of Creatures
• The Ageless One who Created Us
• The King, the Father of Years/Time

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El
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Asherah
Athtart, Athtartu (Ug.), Ashtart (Phoen.),
Astarte (Greek),Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth(Hebrew,
false vowels added to associate the name with
"boseth", meaning shame)
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Asherah
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Baal
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Baal is the son of Dagan Common epithets of
Baal Most High Prince/Master Conqueror of
Warriors Mightiest, Most High, Supreme,
Powerful, Puissant Warrior Hadd, Haddad,
Hadad, Hadu, Adad, Addu - hdd Prince, Master
of the Earth Pidar, uncertain meaning,
possibly Bright, Flash - pdr, Pidar Rider on
the Clouds - Thunderer
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Dagon An ancient Mesopotamian vegetation god.
                                             
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DAGON A vegitation god (especially corn). Father
of Baal. Sometimes depicted as half man half
fish
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Molech
The fire-god, Molech, was the tutelary deity of
the children of Ammon, and essentially, identical
with the Moabitish Chemosh.
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Moabite Chemosh?
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Anat
Common epithets of Anat Virgin/ Maiden -
btlt nt, batulatu The Lady - sht (sitt
Arabic) lovely/ charming/ fairest daughter,
the sister of Baal Strength of Life Anat
The Destroyer ybmt lmm, yabamat liimim
some possibilities are the Kindred of the
Peoples (of Ugarit) Mistress of (the) Peoples
Mother/ Progenitress of Nations (Widowed)
'Sister in Law' of Heroes Sister-in-law of the
Thousand (Deities)