Heqet is associated with fertility, health of the land and people, germination of corn, the last stages of childbirth and the last stage...

Nabarbi (Nawarni) is Goddess of pastures, fields, meadows and flocks, and a major deity of the Bronze Age Hurrian pantheon. As a rustic...

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...

Mesopotamian goddess of grain and writing, Nisaba (Nanibgal, Nunbarshegunu) is one of the oldest Sumerian deities. Nisaba is also a...

In the Mesopotamian mythologies some gods, goddesses, sukkals, sacred animals or heroes appear as duos, twins, dyads or doubles. Some are...

The Afterlife of Egypt includes judgment of a life lived. Demonic hybrid Ammit takes her part in the judgment ceremony. She's a triple...

A tutelary deity of Ebla in northwest Syria, Ishara has cryptic and erotic aspects. In Mesopotamia Ishara is sometimes connected to the...

The golden rays of Sun Goddess Shapsu (Shapash, Shapsh, Shamshu) shine in ancient Canaanite myths and stories. She's called 'Lamp of the...

From the tradition of female deities of death such as Lelwani, Ereshkigal and Allani comes Asray, the underworld Goddess of Ugarit. A...

The Luwians, Hatti and Hurrians, among others, inhabit ancient Anatolia when the Hittites rise to power in the 17th century BCE. The...

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...

The Mesopotamian Goddess Ereshkigal reigns for hundreds of years, beginning c. 2900 BCE and fading away about 600 BCE. She's one of...

The Sun Goddess fulfills a special role in mythology. She nurtures the earth with warmth, and her sunshine nourishes plants through...