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Mesopotamian divination was divination within the Mesopotamian period.. Perceptual elements utilized in the practice of a divinatory technique included the astronomical (stars and meteorites), weather and the calendar, the configuration of the earth and waterways and inhabited areas, the outward appearance of inanimate objects and also vegetation, elements stemming from the behavior and the ...
Necromancy (/ ˈ n ɛ k r ə m æ n s i /) [1] [2] is the practice of magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events and discover hidden knowledge.
The names of over 3,000 Mesopotamian deities have been recovered from cuneiform texts. [19] [16] Many of these are from lengthy lists of deities compiled by ancient Mesopotamian scribes. [19] [20] The longest of these lists is a text entitled An = Anum, a Babylonian scholarly work listing the names of over 2,000 deities.
Weidner god list is the conventional name of one of the known ancient Mesopotamian lists of deities, originally compiled by ancient scribes in the late third millennium BCE, with the oldest known copy dated to the Ur III or the Isin-Larsa period. Further examples have been found in many excavated Mesopotamian cities, and come from between the ...
While the forerunner has only 473 entries, [27] over 2000 names are listed in An = Anum (2123 in the most complete known copy). [28] However, this should not be understood as analogous to the presence of 2000 individual deities, as many of the names are instead epithets or alternate names. [29] It is nonetheless the most extensive known god ...
Nergal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 [1] d KIŠ.UNU or d GÌR.UNU.GAL; [2] Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Modern: Nergal, Tiberian: Nērgal; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; [3] Latin: Nirgal) was a Mesopotamian god worshiped through all periods of Mesopotamian history, from Early Dynastic to Neo-Babylonian times, with a few attestations indicating that his cult survived into the period of Achaemenid domination.
Nungal (Babylonian mythology), daughter of Ereshkigal; Erra (god) Ugur (Hurrian religion; [6] also a sukkal of Nergal [7]) Ninazu; Ningishzida; Allani; Enmesharra, a primordial deity described as "lord of the underworld" Kanisurra, a goddess whose name is derived from the term "ganzer," referring to the underworld (Mesopotamian)
Karduniash' was the Kassite name for the Babylonian kingdom, and the title 'king of Karduniash' was introduced by the city's third dynasty (the Kassites). [11] The title continued to be used long after the Kassites had lost control of Babylon, for instance as late as under the native king Nabu-shuma-ukin I (r. c.