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This book was later followed by a motion picture of the same name, using the giant spider Aragog from the novel as a supporting character and friend of groundskeeper, Hagrid. [74] In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , a book about many of the creatures within the Wizarding World , these giant spiders are also known as Acromantulas .
Damgalnuna, also known as Damkina, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the god Enki.Her character is poorly defined in known sources, though it is known that like her husband she was associated with ritual purification and that she was believed to intercede with him on behalf of supplicants.
Isimud (also Isimu; [1] Akkadian: Usmû; Hurrian: Izzummi [2]) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the divine attendant of the god Enki (Ea). He was depicted with two faces. No references to temples dedicated to him are known, though ritual texts indicate he was worshiped in Uruk and Babyl
Spider in a web Spiders have woven their way into the mystical traditions and spiritual beliefs across cultures for centuries. These eight-legged architects of the natural world hold deep symbolic ...
Thorkild Jacobsen argued that Uttu was envisioned as a spider spinning a web. [5] However, the connection between Uttu and spiders, or more precisely between her name and the Akkadian word ettūtu ("spider"), is limited to a single text, and it might represent a "learned etymology" (scribal speculation), [3] a folk etymology [1] or simply rely on the terms being nearly homophonous. [6]
The exact meaning of Enki's name is uncertain: the common translation is "Lord of the Earth". The Sumerian En is translated as a title equivalent to "lord" and was originally a title given to the High Priest. Ki means "earth", but there are theories that ki in this name has another origin, possibly kig of unknown meaning, or kur meaning "mound".
Enki was portrayed as Ninhursag's consort in the myth Enki and Ninhursag, in which the eponymous goddess is treated as the same deity as Damgalnuna, Enki's usual wife. [57] However, Dina Katz points out that the goddesses were usually separate. [43] In Enki and Ninmah, Enki instead refers to Ninmah as his sister. [58] [59] [2]
Enkidu (Sumerian: 𒂗𒆠𒄭 EN.KI.DU 10) [6] was a legendary figure in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, wartime comrade and friend of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk.Their exploits were composed in Sumerian poems and in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, written during the 2nd millennium BC.