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Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq.
An = Anum, also known as the Great God List, [1] [2] is the longest preserved Mesopotamian god list, a type of lexical list cataloging the deities worshiped in the Ancient Near East, chiefly in modern Iraq. While god lists are already known from the Early Dynastic period, An = Anum most likely was composed in the later Kassite period.
Lilith לִּילִית – Sumer \ Iraq, with another name of: Lilitu; Loango – Ashanti and Asanbosam people, Africa [26] Lobisomem – South America\Brazil; Loogaroo – Caribbean Islands \ Mauritius; Lugat – Albania, also under the name of: Liogat; Kukuthi
This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during hurricanes. Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast.
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List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king; Names of God, names of deities of monotheistic religions
Antu is a goddess who was invented during the Akkadian Period (c. 2334 BC – 2154 BC) as a consort for Anu, [52] [59] and appears in such a role in the god list An = Anum. [280] Her name is a female version of Anu's own. [52] [59] She was worshiped in the late first miilennium BCE in Uruk in the newly built temple complex dedicated to Anu. [281]