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The Hittite account of the old gods' banishment to the Underworld is closely related with the Greek poet Hesiod's narrative of the overthrow of the Titans by the Olympians in his Theogony. [64] The Greek sky-god Ouranos (whose name means "Heaven") is the father of the Titans [65] and is derived from the Hittite version of Anu. [66]
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
A fragmentary late neo-Assyrian god list appears to consider her and another figure regarded as the wife of Anu, Urash, as one and the same, and refers to "Ki-Urash." [403] Kittum: Bad-Tibira, Rahabu [404] Kittum was a daughter of Utu and Sherida. [405] Her name means "Truth". [405] Kus: Kus is a god of herdsmen referenced in the Theogony of ...
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Akkadian Paradise is described as a garden in the myth of Atrahasis where lower rank deities (the Igigi) are put to work digging a watercourse by the more senior deities (the Anunnaki). [3] When the gods, man-like, Bore the labour, carried the load, The gods' load was great, The toil grievous, the trouble excessive. The great Anunnaku, the Seven,
A trio of deities consisting of Dumuzi, Gilgamesh and Ningishzida is mentioned in a number of sources dealing with the underworld, including the account of Gilgamesh's eventual fate in Death of Gilgamesh and a number of laments. [117] Ea: Ea (Sumerian Enki) is a god associated with wisdom and the subterranean freshwater ocean . [118]
He was also an underworld god, and in this role was known as the "chair bearer (or chamberlain) of the underworld." [ 7 ] Frans Wiggermann on the basis of these similarities considers him and his father to be members of the group of " Transtigridian snake gods," who according to him shared a connection with the underworld, justice, vegetation ...
According to Jan Tavernier's interpretation, the Susa Funerary Texts describe the deceased presenting themselves to the Anunnaki, in this context to be understood as a designation for the gods of the underworld, [h] and subsequently being escorted by Lagamal and Ishmekarab to receive Inshushinak's judgment. [124]