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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 nursery rhymes "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Little Miss Muffet" have spiders as focal characters. The poem "The Spider and the Fly" (1829) by Mary Howitt is a cautionary tale of seduction and betrayal which later inspired a 1949 film and a 1965 Rolling Stones song, each sharing the same title, as well as a 1923 cartoon by Aesop Fables Studio. [75]
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.
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".
[256] Enki, the ancestor of Enlil, is not to be confused with the god Enki/Ea, who is a distinct and unrelated figure. [257] The ancestral Enki's name means "lord earth," while the meaning of the name of the god of Eridu is uncertain but not the same, as indicated by some writings including an amissable g. [257] Enmesharra
In some Eastern traditions, the spider takes on the symbolic role of illusion itself. "In Hindu and Buddhist tradition, the spider is connected to illusion. Think 'web of illusion,'" Popescu explains.
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
The term "ancestors of Enlil" refers to a group of Mesopotamian deities. [2] They are already attested in Early Dynastic sources. [5] The same group is sometimes instead referred to as "Enki-Ninki deities" (German: Enki-Ninki-Gottheiten), an approximate translation of the plural (d) En-ki-(e-)ne-(d) Nin/Nun-ki-(e-)ne, derived from the names of the pair Enki and Ninki, and used to refer to all ...