ISˇTAR (star of heaven)

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Goddess of fertility and war.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 2500 BC until circa AD 200.

SYNONYMS INANA [Sumerian].

ISˇKUR

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Storm god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC, and probably earlier, until circa 1750 BC.

SYNONYMS ADAD (Akkadian).

CENTER(S) OF CULT Karkara.

INANA (queen of heaven)

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.

EA

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. God of primordial waters.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 1900 BC to circa 200 BC.

SYNONYMS Ea-sˇarru; ENKI (Sumerian).

CENTER(S) OF CULT Eridu, Babylon.

DUMUZI

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Shepherd and vegetation god; underworld god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC or earlier to circa 200 BC.

SYNONYMS Damn; Ama-usum-gal-ana; Tammuz (Hebrew).

ERESˇKIGAL (the great below)

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Chthonic underworld goddess.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC or earlier to 200 BC or later.

SYNONYMS ALLATU(M).

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.

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].

ENLIL (lord wind?)

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. God of the air.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC or earlier to circa 1750 BC.

SYNONYMS ELLIL; Illil; Ilu; Nunamnir.

CENTER(S) OF CULT Nippur, Dur Kurigalzu, but also at Eridu and Ur.

ENKI (lord of the soul)

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Creator god; god of wisdom; god of sweet water.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC to circa 1750 BC.