OF THE SACRED HERBS OF THE GODS:

Adonis: myrrh, corn, rose, fennel, lettuce, white heather
Aesculapius: bay, mustard
Ajax: delphinium
Anu: tamarisk
Apollo: leek, hyacinth, heliotrope, cornel, bay, frankincense, date palm, cypress
Attis: pine, almond
Ares: buttercup

DANU

DANU (1)

ORIGIN Celtic (Irish). Founding goddess.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP prehistoric times until after Christianization circa AD 400.

SYNONYMS ANU; DON (Welsh).

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.

Ansˇar

Primordial deity. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). Mentioned in the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elisˇ as one of a pair of offspring (with KISˇAR) of LAHMU and LAHAMU, and who in turn created ANU. Ansˇar is linked with heaven while Kisˇar is identified with earth.

 

AN (1) (sky)

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].

Anann

by Dr Anthony E. Smart

 
A form of the major Irish mother goddess; overlaps with Danu. Worshipped in Munster as a goddess of plenty. Gave her name to the Paps of Anu, twin hills in Co. Kerry. In her dark aspect, she formed a Fate trinity with Badb and Macha.