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Sylvia Rose
Feb 7, 20243 min read
Cylinder Seals of the Ancient World
Cylinder seals have been used for thousands of years. First evidence comes from the Neolithic period in Syria. The cylinder seal is...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 7, 20244 min read
Greenstone, Scribes & Cylinder Seals
Cylinder seals are popular throughout ancient Mesopotamia and related lands. Sometimes called roller stamps, they're tiny, usually around...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 7, 20244 min read
Isimud: Two-Faced Sukkal of Enki
Isimud (Isimu) is the sukkal or divine attendant of Enki (Ea) primordial god of water, music, wisdom, creators and creation. Isimud is...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Gala Priests: Clergy of Goddess Inanna
Gala are a special division of priests and priestesses who serve the goddess Queen of Heaven Inanna (Ishtar, Shaushka). Also called...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Sacred Music of Ancient Mesopotamia
Music in ancient Mesopotamia is important to religious rites and secular entertainments. In religion, the goddess Ninigizibara relates to...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 5, 20245 min read
Ningizibara: Sumerian Balaĝ Music Goddess
Ningizibara (Igizibara, Ningizippara) is a Mesopotamian goddess associated with the balaĝ musical instrument. She can manifest as the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 5, 20248 min read
Hymn to Nungal - Prison Goddess
Nungal is the ancient Sumerian goddess of prisons. She has the ability to separate the guilty from the innocent. When one escapes the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 3, 20244 min read
Dream Interpretation (Oneiromancy) - Mesopotamia
Dreams and dream meanings are a large part of the spiritual life of ancients. Oneiromancy or dream interpretation clarifies the dream....
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 3, 20243 min read
Mamu - Sumerian Goddess of Dreams
Mamu (Mamud) is a goddess of dreams in ancient Mesopotamia. Daughter of dawn goddess Aya and sun god Shamash (Utu), she may be called the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 2, 20243 min read
Enki (Ea) God of Water & Creation
Enki is an ancient Sumerian primary God worshiped for over three thousand years in Mesopotamia. He's among the first Gods to emerge in...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 21, 20244 min read
Telipinu - God of Farming & Crops
Telipinu is an agricultural deity who gets angry and leaves the home of the Gods. The effects are devastating. Telipinu is the son of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 21, 20243 min read
Shurpu: Ancient Rite of Curse Removal
Shurpu (Šurpu) is a ritual or group of rituals to counter a curse of unknown origin. First practiced by priests and doctors in ancient...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 14, 20242 min read
Urash (Uraš) Primal Queen of the Gods
Urash (Uraš) is the wife of Anu, the oldest god. A personification of the Earth, she is Yin to the Yang Sky God. Although Anu has other...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 12, 20243 min read
Ninkarrak: Ancient Medicine Goddess
A divine physician, Ninkarrak is known as a healer as well as a protective goddess inflicting disease upon the enemies of her patron...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 12, 20243 min read
Erra - Plague Demon of Mesopotamia
Erra (Irra) is a powerful plague demon, bringing sickness, blight, mental chaos and political confusion. Mortal pain, suffering, madness,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 11, 20243 min read
Epic of Erra - Plague God of Babylon
Erra (Irra) is an Akkadian plague god dating back to the time of Sargon the Great in the c. 2400 BCE. Erra holds court for centuries....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 11, 20243 min read
Enuma Elish: Marduk & the Chaos Monsters
In the Enuma Elish Babylonian Creation Myth, Tiamat is furious by the betrayal of her offspring. Her children the Old Gods goad her to...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 11, 20243 min read
Ugallu - Lion Headed Storm Demon
Ugallu means big weather beast or big storm. In ancient Mesopotamia Ugallu is a masculine entity with deific and demonic connections. He...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 3, 20243 min read
Aruru - Violent Vegetation Goddess
Aruru is a Goddess of vegetation, portrayed with a nasty yen for violence. Her major cult centers are Sumerian sites Adab (Bismaya), Kesh...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 3, 20244 min read
Bronze Age Trade of Mesopotamia
In the ancient world, trade unites countries, spreads knowledge and formalizes safe travel routes. In Mesopotamia a local trade network...
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