Sumerian religion Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based...

Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was largely influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written...

Édouard de Sarzec in Girsu, now Tell Telloh, Iraq. The Louvre Sumerian religion The Sumerians credited their divinities for all matters pertaining to them...

literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as Sumerian "Bilgames"), king of Uruk, some of which may date...

Great Flood. Akkadian religion sometimes took inspiration from influential Sumerian religious leaders and beliefs, and deified Sumerian kings at some points...

Minor and the Sumerian religion of ancient Mesopotamia. Offshoots of Proto-Semitic religion include Canaanite religion and Arabian religion. Judaism is...

The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created...

The Mermaid (from Sumerian Kuli-ana, "fish woman", female form of kulullu) in Sumerian religion was one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta, patron god of...

religion may refer to: Religions of the ancient Near East Sumerian religion Assyro-Babylonian religion Canaanite religion Ancient Egyptian religion Minoan...

Sumerian literature constitutes the earliest known corpus of recorded literature, including the religious writings and other traditional stories maintained...

The Bison-beast (from Sumerian: gud-alim 'bison bull') in Sumerian religion was one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta, patron god of Lagash, in Mesopotamia...

The Dragon (Sumerian: Ušum or Ushum) was one of the warriors slain by Ninurta, patron god of Lagash, in Sumerian religion. Its body was hung on the seat...

The Seven-headed Serpent (from Sumerian muš-saĝ-7: snake with seven heads) in Sumerian religion was one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta, patron god of Lagash...

In Sumerian mythology, a me (𒈨; Sumerian: me; Akkadian: paršu) is one of the decrees of the divine that is foundational to Sumerian religious and social...

In Sumerian and ancient Mesopotamian religion, gallûs (also called gallas; Akkadian gallû < Sumerian gal.lu) were great demons or devils of the ancient...

The ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, or Kigal, and in Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the lowermost part of the...

particular sickness. Ancient Mesopotamian religion Religions of the ancient Near East Shade (mythology) Sumerian religion Thorkild Jacobsen (1978). The treasures...

Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: eme-gir15, lit. ''native language'') was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages...

the 2010s to be a modern pagan new religious movement based on the Sumerian religion. After registering as a religious group in 2013 with three members...

Sisig (Sumerian: si-si\-[ig], Akkadian: Zaqīqu, "spirit" or "ghost") is the dream god in Sumerian religion and the son of the sun god Utu. He is named...

Ki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒆠) was the earth goddess in Sumerian religion, chief consort of the sky god An. In some legends Ki and An were brother and sister, being...

Ancient Assyrian religion Babylonian religion Sabian religion Shamsiyah Sumerian religion Ancient Semitic religion Ancient Canaanite religion Yahwism Harappan...

Sin (/ˈsiːn/) or Suen (Akkadian: 𒀭𒂗𒍪, dEN.ZU) also known as Nanna (Sumerian: 𒀭𒋀𒆠 DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) is the Mesopotamian god representing the moon....

In Sumerian religion, Gugalanna (𒄞𒃲𒀭𒈾 or 𒀭𒄘𒃲𒀭𒈾) is the first husband of Ereshkigal, the queen of the underworld. His name probably originally...

group at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion of her father and the native Sumerian religion. Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest...

makes it probably the oldest reliably attested myth of mankind. In Sumerian religion, the Kur or underworld was ruled by the goddess Ereshkigal, the "sister"...

earliest known writing system and was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Over the course of its...

Suteans); the Sumerian-inspired Assyro-Babylonian religion of Mesopotamia; the Phoenician Canaanite religion of Carthage; Nabataean religion; Eblaite, Ugarite...

2600–2350 BC (ED III), and was followed by Akkadian (~2350–2100 BC) and Neo-Sumerian (2112–2004 BC) periods, after which Mesopotamia was most often divided...

Buranun in Sumerian and Purattu in Akkadian; many cuneiform signs have a Sumerian pronunciation and an Akkadian pronunciation, taken from a Sumerian word and...