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Ur(i)dimmu, meaning "Mad/howling Dog" or Langdon's "Gruesome Hound", [1] (Sumerian: 𒌨𒅂UR.IDIM and giš.pirig.gal = ur-gu-lu-ú = ur-idim-[mu] in the lexical series ḪAR.gud = imrû = ballu), was an ancient Mesopotamian mythical creature in the form of a human headed dog-man whose first appearance might be during the Kassite period, if the Agum-Kakrime Inscription proves to be a copy of ...
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This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .
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' hairy one ') is a class of apotropaic creatures from Mesopotamian mythology. While the name has its origin in a Semitic language, Lahmu was present in Sumerian sources in pre- Sargonic times already.
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In later Akkadian mythology, Ninshubur was syncretized with the male messenger deities Ilabrat and Papsukkal, [208] though this process wasn't complete until Seleucid times. [219] Ninshubur was popular [ 209 ] in the sphere of personal religion, for example as tutelary deity of a specific family, due to the belief she could mediate between ...