Sylvia Rose
Gula - Medicine Goddess of Mesopotamia
Her name means 'the great' in Sumerian. Gula is a Mesopotamian goddess whose worship becomes widespread in the second millennium BCE. The...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20234 min read
Heqet, Frog Goddess of Egypt
Heqet is associated with fertility, health of the land and people, germination of corn, the last stages of childbirth and the last stage...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Hurrian Bronze Age Gods & Goddesses
In the Bronze Age, the Hurrian people establish the Kingdom of Urkesh c. 4000 BCE, with the creator God Kumarbi as patron deity. Their...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 11, 20233 min read
Nabarbi - Rustic Goddess of Pastures
Nabarbi (Nawarni) is Goddess of pastures, fields, meadows and flocks, and a major deity of the Bronze Age Hurrian pantheon. As a rustic...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Aya - Goddess of Dawn, Mesopotamia
In Akkadian, Aya (Aia) means Dawn. She personifies the light and life of first rays of the Sun. In some cultures the Dawn deities are...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Goddess Nisaba - First Lady of Writing
Mesopotamian goddess of grain and writing, Nisaba (Nanibgal, Nunbarshegunu) is one of the oldest Sumerian deities. Nisaba is also a...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Kotharat - Bronze Age Birth Goddesses
Usually known collectively, the Kotharat (Kôṯarātu) are seven patron goddesses of pregnancy, childbirth, nursing mothers and infants. In...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 1, 20234 min read
Hutena & Hutellura: Dyad of Birth & Fate
In the Mesopotamian mythologies some gods, goddesses, sukkals, sacred animals or heroes appear as duos, twins, dyads or doubles. Some are...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Ammit - Eater of the Heavy Heart
The Afterlife of Egypt includes judgment of a life lived. Demonic hybrid Ammit takes her part in the judgment ceremony. She's a triple...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 30, 20233 min read
Ishara - Goddess of Death & Desire
A tutelary deity of Ebla in northwest Syria, Ishara has cryptic and erotic aspects. In Mesopotamia Ishara is sometimes connected to the...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 27, 20234 min read
Shapshu: Sun Goddess of Canaanites
The golden rays of Sun Goddess Shapsu (Shapash, Shapsh, Shamshu) shine in ancient Canaanite myths and stories. She's called 'Lamp of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 26, 20234 min read
Asray: Ugaritic Underworld Goddess
From the tradition of female deities of death such as Lelwani, Ereshkigal and Allani comes Asray, the underworld Goddess of Ugarit. A...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 25, 20234 min read
Wadjet - Winged Snake Goddess of Egypt
Another Goddess duo in ancient mythology is Wadjet and Nekhbet. A hybrid animal goddess, Wadjet is usually depicted as a cobra snake with...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 14, 20234 min read
Hepat - Sun Goddess of Aleppo
Hepat (Hebat, Ḫalabatu) is a primary deity or patron goddess of Aleppo, a bustling crossroads town in northern Syria. In the 3rd...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 13, 20234 min read
Luwians - Mysteries of Ancient Anatolia
The Luwians, Hatti and Hurrians, among others, inhabit ancient Anatolia when the Hittites rise to power in the 17th century BCE. The...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 13, 20233 min read
Allani - Hurrian Underworld Goddess
Allani reigns over the Land of the Dead or Underworld in Hurrian myth. She's influenced by the Hittite Sun Goddess of the Earth,...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 12, 20234 min read
Ereshkigal & the Mesopotamian Underworld
Among the many goddesses, gods, sukkals and spiritual entities in ancient Mesopotamia are the grim ghosts, gods and demons who dwell in...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 12, 20233 min read
Divine Light - Sun Goddess of Arinna
Sun goddess of Arinna is also called Arinniti or Wuru(n)šemu (Wurusemu). She's the chief goddess of worship in the ancient near East, and...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Shaushka (Šauška) - the Great Goddess
Šauška (Shaushka), also called Šauša or Šawuška is the Great Goddess of the Hurrian and Hittite pantheons. Her domains were those of...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 10, 20234 min read
Lelwani - Hittite Underworld Goddess
Underworld goddess Lelwani of the Bronze Age Hittites (c. 1600-1180 BCE) originates as a male god, called 'lord' and 'king'. He's a god...
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