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Eryillus and the Wolves

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((Story is a collaboration with @bigmoon206​))

Ishum: The attendant of Erra and brother of Shamash. Ishum was a God of fire and a herald of war.

Isimud: The messanger of Enki. Isimud has two faces looking in opposite directions much like the later Roman God Janus.

Istaran: A God of politics symbolised by a snake.

Kabta: The husband of Ninsi’anna.

Kakka: The attendant and minister of state to both Anu and Anshar.

Ki: Ki was the consort of Anu the God of the whole heaven and Ki herself was the Goddess of the whole earth. Both Anu and Ki were born from the death of Tiamat/Nammu. Anu and Ki merged in a sacred marriage that caused the birth of the other Gods, the Anunnaki meaning “children of Anu and Ki” or “those who came down from heaven (Anu) to the earth (Ki)”

Kingu: Kingu’s name means “Unskilled labourer”. Kingu was a child of Tiamat/Nammu and after the murder of her husband Abzu she gave the tablets of destiny to Kingu congfirming him as ruler of the universe, king of the Gods and general of her army of monsters until Kingu was slain by Marduk and the tablets reclaimed. Kingu’s blood and flesh were later used in the creation of the Igigi.

Kishar: Whose name means “Whole Earth”. Kishar was the consort and sister of Anshar and mother of Anu. Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, the first children of Tiamat/Nammu and Abzu. Kishar was a mother Earth Goddess.

Kulla: Kulla is the God of bricks and buildings he was said to have been a piece of clay that Enki had taken from the primordial oceans (Tiamat/Nammu and Abzu). Kulla was invoked by builder cults in a ritual involving a brick that represented him, precious metals, stone, incense and foods alongside the sacrifice of a lamb when a new building was to be made, Kulla would then be banished to the underworld on a boat when the building was completed in order that it would not require further work and to trap and malicious spirits within the brick representing Kulla as it was floated down stream. Kulla is therefore connected to exorcisms, banishing, building and the sanctifying of areas, he is likely an influence on the later Egyptian Ushabti and Semitic Golems.

Kus: Kus was the God of herdsmen.

Lahamu: Lahamu is a Goddess born of the union of Abzu and Tiamat/Nammu, she was consort of her twin brother Lahmu and gave birth to Anshar and Kishar who in turn gave birth to Anu and Ki who in turn gave birth to the Anunnaki.

Lahar: Lahar was the God of cattle created by the Anunnaki alongside his sister Ashnan - the Goddess of grain to populate the Earth with their children crops and cattle to provide food for the Gods.

Lahmu: Lahmu is a God born of the union of Abzu and Tiamat/Nammu, he was husband of his twin sister Lahamu who gave birth to Anshar and Kishar who in turn gave birth to Anu and Ki who in turn gave birth to the Anunnaki.

Lamga: One of the Mesopotamian Gods that was sacrificed in the creation of humanity, they are refered to as the “two lamga gods”, they were not used to create the Igigi as the text specifically mentions the creation of humans resulting from their death. In later Canannite mythology Lamga is described as an androdgynous or hermaphrodite deity that later became known to Kabbalists as “Adam Kadmon” (the universal archetype of man). Lamga therefore supports the Kabbalistic assertation that human beings were originally hermaphroditic before being divided into genders. Lamga may also describe the “Dark Race” or “Black Heads” referenced in the creation of humanity by the Anunnaki.

Lugalbanda: Lugalbanda was a Sumerian king identified as the husband of Ninsun and father and God of Gilgamesh.

Lugal-Irra: A lesser form of the plague God Erra.

Lulal: The brother of Ishtar who was appointed God of the city of Bad-Tibiria by Ishtar. Lulal was featured in exorcism rituals.

Mami: Sometimes thought to be identical to Ninhursag, Mami was the Goddess who fashioned wombs of clay to create the Igigi (and possibly humans) utilising genetic matterials gathered from sacrificed Anunnaki Gods.

Mamitu: Mamitu was the goat-headed Goddess of destiny and fate, she was also a consort of Nergal and became a Goddess of law, oaths and judgement. Mamitu was sometimes considered a demon of irrovocable curses.

Mandanu: God of divine judgement.

Manugal: Manugal was the consort of Birdu, she carried out judgement against the wicked.

Marduk: Whose name means “Solar Calf” was the God of storms chosen by the other Gods to wage war against Tiamat/Nammu. Marduk took the position of chief of the Gods after killing Tiamat but was later replaced by Enlil. Marduk rode a chariot drawn by four horses with poison in their mouths, he uses divine winds and lightning as weapons and was given a magical net, an invincible spear, a mace (probably sharur) and a bow with wind arrows to aid him in combat. Marduk killed many of Tiamat’s monsterous children before killing Tiamat by standing on her hind, smashing her skull, cutting her in half and dividing her body with the wind arrows. Marduk uses Tiamats body to form the heavens and the earth. Marduk kills Kingu and reclaims the tablets of destiny making him king of the Gods, in some myths there is a reference to Marduk being formed from a combination of all the Anunnaki Gods who merge together to face Tiamat, Marduk was himself said to be a grandchild of Tiamat which may explain this as Tiamat births the Gods who then “birth” Marduk by co-merging. Marduk was associated with the planet Jupiter and may have influenced the later Greek God Zeus. Marduk was associated with water, vegetation, magic and judgement. Marduk was consort of the Goddess Sarpanit. Marduk was the son of Enki and Damgalnuna. Marduk was a deity associated with Hieros Gamos rituals where the king of Sumeria would assume the role of Marduk.

Muati: A deity associated with the mythical paradise of Dilmun.

Mummu: Mummu is a primeval deity and advisor are to Tiamat and Abzu. Mummu was a craftsman and his name means “Knowledge” or “Life giving force”. Mummu was sealed away with the remains of Abzu during the battle with Tiamat.

Mushdamma: Mushdama was the “great architecht of Enlil” and was the deity of buildings and foundations he was likely worshiped by builder cults and involed alongside the God of bricks Kulla. This character may have influenced later Masonic descriptions of a “Grand Architecht of the Universe”.

Nabu: Nabu means “To Call”. Nabu was the God of scribes associated with the planet Mercury. Nabu was the chief scribe of Marduk/Enlil and kept the tablets of destiny as well as being charged with recording all manner of science, magic and religion. Nabu was a God of fertility, wisdom, water. Nabu’s consort was Tashmetum.

Nammu (Tiamat): Tiamat was the great primordial salt water ocean often taken to mean space or time. In a sacred marriage with her husband Abzu the primordial fresh water God she birthed the first deities Lahmu and Lahamu who went on to create Anu and Ki who spawned the Anunnaki. Lahmu and Lahamu may thus be considered fragments of Tiamat that comerged into Anu and Ki. The Gods turned against Abzu killing him and enraged Tiamat transformed into a terrible dragon, she gifts the tablets of destiny to her son and consort Kingu making him king of the Gods and births monsters and dragons to make war with the Gods. Tiamat is killed by Marduk who fashions physical existance (Anu and Ki) from her remains.

Namtar: Namtar was a death God and messanger of Ereshkigal, Anu and Nergal. Namtar was responsible for disease and pests and was born from a union between Ereshkigal and Enlil. It was said that he commanded sixty diseases in the form of demons that could penetrate different parts of the human body and offerings were made to him to prevent or cause those blights. On the order of Ereshkigal, Namtar curses Ishtar with all sixty diseases while Ishtar is trapped in the underworld.

Nanaya: Nanya was a Goddess of sex and fertility characterised by sensuality and voluptuousness. Nanaya was like connected to Hieros Gamos rituals.

Nanshe: Nanshe was the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag. Nanshe was a Goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility and fishing. Like her father Nanshe was associated with water. Nanshee had the ability to give oracular messages and determine the future and through dream interpretation. Nanshe’s priests were also granted these abilities after conducting a ritual death and resurrection.

Negun: A deity referenced in Mesopotamian texts with no known function.

Nergal: Nergal is the son of Enlil and Ninlil he was associated with the planet Mars. Nergal was a God of war and disease and also represents the sun at noon. In later mythology Nergal would become a God of the underworld and consort of Ereshkigal. There is some confusion between Ninurta and Nergal since both are shown wielding Sharur. Nergal was a God of deserts and fire.

Neti: Neti is the keeper of the gate of the underworld and servant of Ereshkigal, he is the one who leads Ishtar into the underworld.

Ngeshtin-ana: The sister of Tammuz and Goddess of the heavenly grape vine she is also the Goddess of wine and cold seasons, she is an interpreter of dreams and a divine poet. Ngeshtin-ana is the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag.

Nidaba: Nidaba was the Goddess of writting, learning and the harvest. Nidaba appears with flowing hair, crowned with horned tiara baring supporting ears of grain and a crescent moon. Nidaba is the daughter of Anu and Uras, she is the sister of Ninsun. Nidaba may be the mother of Ninlil.

Ninazu: Ninazu was a God of the underworld and of healing. Ninazu was the son of Enlil and Ninlil or in alternative traditions, of Ereshkigal and Gugulana and was father of Ningishzida. Ninazu was the consort of Ninsutu.

Nindara: The consort of Nanshe.

Nindub: God associated with the city of Lagash.

Ningal: Ningal was Goddess of reeds and daughter of Enki and Ningikuga and the consort of the moon God Sin by whom she bore Utu/Shamash the sun God, Ishtar and in some texts Ishkur.

Ningikuga: Goddess of reeds and marshes and a daughter of Anu and Ki. Ningikuga was the consort of Enki and mother of Ningal.

Ningirama: A minor God of magic invoked against snakes.

Ningishzida: Meaning “Lord of the good tree”. Ningishzida was an underworld deity sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head. Ningishzida was also depicted as a double helix or caduceus of serpents that may have represented DNA and/or kundalini/serpentine energy forces. Ningishzida was associated with the Sumerian tree of life and thus Kabbalistic mysteries.

Ninhursag: Ninhursag is a fertility deity and great mother Goddess associated with nature and mountains. Ninhursag is often depicted with hair in the shale of the Greek letter Omega. Ninhursag often wears a horned head-dress and tiered skirt, often with bow cases at her shoulders and sometimes carries a mace or baton, she is surmounted by an omega motif or derivative and sometimes accompanied by a lion cub on a leash. Ninhursag was the consort of Enki and was a merging of many Mesopotamian Goddesses. Ninhursag births Ninsar through Enki and then Ninsar births Ninkurra through Enki who then bares Uttu, Uttu is then seduced by Enki but dumps his seed on the ground after consulting with Ninhursag causing plants to grow, Enki eats the fruit of these plants and becomes impregnated by his own semen but cannot give birth and becomes deathly ill. Ninhursag absorbs the semen from Enki birthing deities of healing to save Enki’s life.

Nin-Ildu: God of carpenters.

Nin-Imma: Nin-Imma was born of Enki and Ninkurra, she is the deification and personification of the female sex organs and is therefore a Goddess of sex and fertility likely associated with Hieros Gamos.

Ninkarnunna: God of barbers and attendant of Ninurta.

Ninkasi: A Goddess of healing born of Ninhursag after absorbing Enki’s semen. Ninkasi is the Goddess of beer and was said to prepare the drinks daily.

Ninkilim: God of wild beasts, in particular vermin.

Ninkurra: A daughter of Enki who bore the sun God Utu/Shamash and Nin-Imma. Ninkurra was the Goddess of pastures.

Ninlil: The daughter of Anu and Ki and consort and sister to Enlil. Ninlil is the mother of Ninurta who she spawned with Enlil, throughout the myth of Enlil and Ninlil, Enlil rapes Ninlil by disguising himself and seducing her from these encounters she also births the moon God Sin (which caused the Ninlil and Enlil to both be temporarily banished to the underworld) they also bore Nergal, Ninazu and Enbilulu. Ninlil is the Goddess of the wind and some sources acredit her with becoming the later Goddess Lilitu (as opposed to Ishtar becoming Lilitu).

Ninsar: Goddess of plants and daughter of Enki by Ninhursag she went on to bare her fathers daughter Ninkurra.

Ninshubur: Second in command of Ishtar and also her handmaiden, the two were good friends although Ninshurbur is a Goddess of messangers in her own right, in one myth she helps Ishtar steal the sacred me’s from Enki and in the story of Ishtars descent it is Ninshurbur who pleads with Enlil to create Asu-Shu-Namir in order to release Ishtar.

Ninsi’anna: Goddess called the “red lady of the heavens” and associated with Venus. This may imply she is another identity or name of Ishtar.

Ninsun: A Goddess of cattle born of Anu and Uras, she was the mother of Gilgamesh.

Ninsutu: One of the healing deities born when Ninhursag absorbed the semen trapped in Enki. Ninsutu was consort of Ninazu.

Ninti: Known as the “lady of the rib” (potentially a connection to Eve in Genesis). Ninti was a Goddess of healing born of Ninhursag when she absorbed the semen trapped in Enki.

Nintinugga: The daughter of Anu and consort of Ninurta. Nintinugga was a Goddess of life and healing although she was also called upon to curse those who have done wrong.

Nintulla: One of the healing deities born when Ninhursag absorbed the semen trapped within Enki.

Ninurta: God of hunting and war who would later come to be synonymous with Nergal. Ninurta was the son of Enlil. Ninurta wields the enchanted mace Sharur and uses it to slay many monsters, dragons and demons including Anzu in order to reclaim the stolen tablets of destiny. Ninurta was associated with the planet Saturn. Parallels have been drawn between Ninurta and Marduk.

Nisroch: A God of agriculture, some scholars claim he is eagle headed while others claim the same image references the Apkallu.

Nu Mus Da: God of the lost city of Kazallu.

Nunbarsegunu: Mother Goddess of barley also sometimes considered the mother of Ninlil.

Nuska: A ferryman and scribe subservient to Enlil, Nuska was said to have taken Enlil to his wife Ninlil.

Nusku: A fire God seen as a mediator between humanity and the Gods, he is almost indistinct from Gibil.

Pabilsag: Known as the “Wild Bull with multi-coloured legs” and is best known as the consort of Ninsun and for bringing gifts to Enlil. This deity is later associated with Sagittarius in Sumerian astrology

Pap-Nigin-Gara: Known as the “Lord of the boundry stone” and possibly synonymous with Ninurta.

Papsukkal: A messanger God and gatekeeper, he was consort of Amasagnul.

Sarpanit: Possibly the same as Ishtar she was worshipped with the rising moon and at new year festivals, she was often depicted as pregnant and may have been synonymous with the Goddess Mami. Sarpanit was likely associated with the Hieros Gamos rituals, her titles were the “shining one” and “creatress of the seed”, she was the consort of Marduk.

Shala: Shala was a Goddess of grain and compassion signifying that an abundance of crops was compassion for mankind from the Gods. Shala was the wife of Dagon and consort of Adad.

Shara: Son of Ishtar and God of war.

Sharra Itu: A fertility Goddess who bore the title “the bride” signifying that she had a role in Hieros Gamos sacred marriage ceremonies.

Shullat: Personal attendant of the sun God Shamash/Uttu and personal guard of Adad.

Shulmanu: A God of the underworld, fertility and war.

Shulsaga: An astral Goddess of the stars.

Shu-Pa-E: Shu-Pa-E was an astral and fertility God and consort of Ninhursag.

Sibitti: The seven Sibitti were described as war Gods in the form of terrible wepons they were the children of Ishara and they called upon Erra to bring an end to mankind causing chaos in the ancient world.

Siduri: Goddess of fermentation, of beer and wine. Siduri attempts to dissuade Gilgamesh in his quest for immortality, urging him to be content with the simple pleasures of life. Siduri also tells Gilgamesh where he can find Atrahasis.

Silili: A deity mention by Gilgamesh when he proclaims the misfortune of the lovers of Ishtar, he claims the mother of horses, Silili is left to weep for the horse that Ishtar loved, suggesting that Silili is a horse Goddess.

Sin (Nanna): Sin was a moon God born in the underworld from the union of Enlil and Ninlil. Sin would at points become regarded as chief of the Gods. Sin was refered to as the “lord of wisdom” in regards to astrology and astronomy. Sin’s consort was Ningal who bore him Ishtar and Utu/Shamash. Sin was said to have a beard made from Lapis Lazuli and to ride a winged bull. Enlil and Ninlil were imprissoned in the underworld as punishment for birthing Sin this may indicated the origin of the term “Sin” to mean a transgression against divine law.

Siris: A Goddess of beer and daughter of Ninkasi. Siris was mother to the demon Anzu.

Sirsir: The Goddess of sheep and inscriptions who became synonymous with Ninsun.

Sumugan: Son of Shamash, Sumugan was an underworld God of rivers and cattle.

Suzianna: The second wife of the God Enlil.

Tammuz: Originally based on the Sumerian king Dimmuzid the shepherd, according to the myths Tammuz was married to Ishtar. Tammuz became a God of vegetation. In the descent of Ishtar, Tammuz is seized by Gallu demons and taken into the underworld in her place due to his lechery. The myth is a metaphore for sacred marriage and helps to explain the changing of season from winter to spring.

Tashmetum: The consort of Nabu, Tashmetum’s primary role is to listen to prayers and graunt requests.

Tishpak: God of the city of Esnumma.

Tutu: A God of magic who casts spells that send the Gods to sleep, Tutu brings joy to the broken hearted and is said to be supreme among the Gods with no equal, because of this he is a God that presides over the death of the other Gods (The Gods are immortal but not invincible).

Ua-Ildak: A Goddess of pastures and trees possibly related to Kabbalistic magics.

Ukur: A God of the underworld.

Uras: An earth Goddess and consort of Anu, the name Uras came to be synonymous with Anu in its meaning “heaven”. Uras is the mother of Ninsun in some traditions.

Utnapishitim: Another name for Atrahasis who was immortalised by Enlil after the great flood having survived it by the help of Enki who told him to build an ark for his family, animals and seeds to insure the survival of life on Earth. In the epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh travels to see Utnapishitim who gives him a plant that restores youth and answers his questions regarding mortality and immortality.

Utu (Shamash): The sun God frequently associated with lions. Shamash was a God of light, salvation, life and justice. Utu’s consort was Aya. While other sun Gods exist in the pantheon Utu was the main deity of the sun.

Uttu: A spider Goddess of weaving both in the physical sense and in the sense of fate or the “web of life” that connects all energies. Uttu was born of the union of Enki and his daughter Ninkurra and was then herself seduced by Enki, realising he doesn’t care much for her, Uttu seeks council from Enki’s wife Ninhursag who tells her to empty Enki’s semen onto the ground where it spawns several new trees (possibly a Kabbalistic mystery). Later Enki unknowingly eats the fruits of these trees and becomes pregnant by his own sperm, he is unable to give birth being male and Ninhursag absorbs the semen birthing deities of healing to tend to Enki.

Wer: The storm God who was the attendant of the demon Humbaba.

Nota: questo è un racconto inedito che ho mandato ad una rivista. Ed è piaciuto così tanto, che non mi hanno nemmeno risposto. 

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