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He was closely associated with the Underworld, [198] and some researchers go as far as proposing he was the oldest Mesopotamian god associated with it, [152] though it is most likely more accurate to say that there was initially no single universally agreed upon version of relevant mythical and cultic concepts, with various deities, both male ...
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.
The character of the Weidner god list has been described as "pedagogic". [13] A number of copies have been identified as scribal exercises. [7] It is agreed that its use as part of scribal school curriculum was widespread [14] at least since the Middle Babylonian period, though it might have already fulfilled such a role in some locations in the Old Babylonian period. [15]
Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq. The Sumerians widely regarded their divinities as responsible for all matters pertaining to the natural and social orders of their society.
However, according to the god list An = Anum, a god bearing the name Yabnu (d ia-ab-na) was the "Enlil of Elam." [135] Wilfred G. Lambert concluded that Jabru and Yabnu should be considered two spellings of the same name. [7] While Jabru is described as an Elamite god in Mesopotamian sources, no known Elamite texts mention him. [7]
When they get to be too numerous, loud, or otherwise bothersome, the gods attempt to control the population through plagues, droughts, and most famously, the great flood. This disregard for human life emphasizes the hierarchy that existed in the Mesopotamian consciousness, with humans existing as subjects to the will of the gods.
The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu. Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of man, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC [1] and 400 AD.
Mythology portal; Asia portal; NOTE: Since the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and others all shared essentially the same pantheon and belief systems, the Sumerian and Akkadian (and Assyro-Babylonian) articles should be combined under the Mesopotamian mythology / deities / legendary creatures categories.