Mesoptamian gods
There Mesopotamians had many Gods, one type of gods are Creator Gods.
The divine forces of Taimat and Abzu emerged from the water of Chaos, and
created, An god of
heaven, Enil, the storm god, Nin-khursag, the earth goddess, and Enki, water and wisdom god.
There was an assembly of 50 called the Annuaki, that was a group of spirts and demons that shared the world.
assembly of 50, which is called the Annunaki. This assembly shared the world.
LIst of Gods
Anunnaki Gods
Antu(m) – regular god
Anu -sky god, father & king of the gods
Apsu - underworld ocean; he holds up the skies and
earth
Aruru (Ninmah, Mami) - mother goddess
Mammetum -maker of fate
Nammu -associated with water
Tiamat - bearer of the skies and earth
Younger Gods
Adad - a storm god associated with lightning
Aia - Shamash's consort
Ashur - god of Assyria and war, symbolized by a dragon and winged
disk
Bel (Canaanite Baal - cleverest; sage of the gods
Belit-tseri - tablet-scribe of the underworldNamtar(a) - the fate-cutter,
herald of death
Chthonic Deities
Ea (Enki, Nudimmud)** - god of the waters
Ellil (Enlil) - initially, leader of the pantheon
Enmesharra - underworld god
Ereshkigal (Allatu) - supreme goddess of underworld
Gerra (Gibil) - god of fire
Gushkin-banda - creator of god and man, goldsmith god
Hanish - weather god's servant
Irra - plague god
Ishtar (Ishhara, Irnini, Inanna) - goddess of love, procreation, and war
Ishum - god of fire
Kakka - Anshar- and Anu's vizier
Kalkal - Ellil's doorkeeper
Lamashtu - dread female demon also known as 'she who
erases'
Marduk - supplants other Babylonian deities to become central
figure
Mummu - craftsman
Nabu god of writing and wisdom whose symbol is a
stylus
Nash - a pure goddess
Nergal (Erragal, Erra, Engidudu) - underworld; hunter; god of war and
plague
Nin-agal - patron of smiths.
Ningal - the consort of Sin -
Ningizzia - guardian of the gate of heaven; a god of the
underworld
Ninlil - Elil's consort
Ninsun - great queen
Ninurta - chamberlain of the war god
Nusku - god of fire and Ellil's vizier
Papsukkal - vizier of the great gods
Qingu - battle leader
Shamash (Babbar, Utu) - sun god
SharaNin-ildu - carpenter
Shullat - Shamash's servant
Siduri - barmaid
Sin (Nannar) - moon god
Sumuqan - cattle god
Zaltu - strife
Other gods
Geshtinanna- unknown
Birdu - an underworld god
Dagan - fertility and the underworld
Ennugi - controller of the Anunnaki
Geshtu-egod whose blood and intelligence are used by Mami to create
man.
Gizzida (Gishzida) - consort of Belili, doorkeeper of
Anu
Nissaba (Nisaba) - cereal grain harvest
Sharru - god of submission
Urshambi - boatman to Utnapishtim
The divine forces of Taimat and Abzu emerged from the water of Chaos, and
created, An god of
heaven, Enil, the storm god, Nin-khursag, the earth goddess, and Enki, water and wisdom god.
There was an assembly of 50 called the Annuaki, that was a group of spirts and demons that shared the world.
assembly of 50, which is called the Annunaki. This assembly shared the world.
LIst of Gods
Anunnaki Gods
Antu(m) – regular god
Anu -sky god, father & king of the gods
Apsu - underworld ocean; he holds up the skies and
earth
Aruru (Ninmah, Mami) - mother goddess
Mammetum -maker of fate
Nammu -associated with water
Tiamat - bearer of the skies and earth
Younger Gods
Adad - a storm god associated with lightning
Aia - Shamash's consort
Ashur - god of Assyria and war, symbolized by a dragon and winged
disk
Bel (Canaanite Baal - cleverest; sage of the gods
Belit-tseri - tablet-scribe of the underworldNamtar(a) - the fate-cutter,
herald of death
Chthonic Deities
Ea (Enki, Nudimmud)** - god of the waters
Ellil (Enlil) - initially, leader of the pantheon
Enmesharra - underworld god
Ereshkigal (Allatu) - supreme goddess of underworld
Gerra (Gibil) - god of fire
Gushkin-banda - creator of god and man, goldsmith god
Hanish - weather god's servant
Irra - plague god
Ishtar (Ishhara, Irnini, Inanna) - goddess of love, procreation, and war
Ishum - god of fire
Kakka - Anshar- and Anu's vizier
Kalkal - Ellil's doorkeeper
Lamashtu - dread female demon also known as 'she who
erases'
Marduk - supplants other Babylonian deities to become central
figure
Mummu - craftsman
Nabu god of writing and wisdom whose symbol is a
stylus
Nash - a pure goddess
Nergal (Erragal, Erra, Engidudu) - underworld; hunter; god of war and
plague
Nin-agal - patron of smiths.
Ningal - the consort of Sin -
Ningizzia - guardian of the gate of heaven; a god of the
underworld
Ninlil - Elil's consort
Ninsun - great queen
Ninurta - chamberlain of the war god
Nusku - god of fire and Ellil's vizier
Papsukkal - vizier of the great gods
Qingu - battle leader
Shamash (Babbar, Utu) - sun god
SharaNin-ildu - carpenter
Shullat - Shamash's servant
Siduri - barmaid
Sin (Nannar) - moon god
Sumuqan - cattle god
Zaltu - strife
Other gods
Geshtinanna- unknown
Birdu - an underworld god
Dagan - fertility and the underworld
Ennugi - controller of the Anunnaki
Geshtu-egod whose blood and intelligence are used by Mami to create
man.
Gizzida (Gishzida) - consort of Belili, doorkeeper of
Anu
Nissaba (Nisaba) - cereal grain harvest
Sharru - god of submission
Urshambi - boatman to Utnapishtim