Anu

Anu (1)

Creator god. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). Consort of ANTU(m). Derived from the older Sumerian god AN. Anu features strongly in the akitu festival in Babylon, Uruk and other cities until the Hellenic period and possibly as late as 200 BC. Some of his later pre-eminence may be attributable to identification with the Greek god of heaven, ZEUS, and with OURANOS.

ANTU

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Creator goddess.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 2000 BC, but evolving from prehistory, to circa 200 BC.

SYNONYMS Antum; ANUNITU.

CENTER(S) OF CULT Uruk and Babylon.