ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Goddess of fertility and war.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC to 1750 BC.
SYNONYMS Inninna; IS ˇ TAR [Akkadian]; Nin-mesar-ra (lady of a myriad offices)
CENTER(S) OF CULT Unug [Warka]; also Erbil and Nineveh.
Mother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian). She first appears as a consort of ENLIL and, as Mesopotamian traditions progress, becomes associated with EA and the mother of the Babylonian god MARDUK. Also DAMKINA (Akkadian).
ORIGIN Greek and Cypriot. Goddess of sexual love.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP identified from circa 1300 BC (evolving from an earlier prehistoric Asiatic model), until Christianization (circa AD 400) and later.
SYNONYMS equating with IS ˇ TAR (Akkadian); ASTARTE (Syrian); AS ˇTORETH (Phoenician); Dione, Cytherea, VENUS (Roman).
ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Supreme creator god.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC to 2000 BC but continuing as Babylonian creator god (see Anu) until 100 BC or later.
SYNONYMS ANU (Akkadian).
CENTER(S) OF CULT Unug [modern Warka].
by Adam Lombard
The Mesopotamian bull-man, human above the waist and a bull below. Continue reading “Kusarikku”
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