Humbaba (Ḫumbaba, Ḫuwawa) features in the Mesopotamian poem Epic of Gilgamesh, which is often copied at scribe schools. A huge mountain...

Lahar is a pastoral goddess of sheep, flocks and wool in ancient Mesopotamia. Throughout the year various deities are invoked to keep...

Shumugan (Šumugan, Šamagan, Šumuqan, Šakkan) is an ancient Syrian and Mesopotamian god associated with animals. He's a patron of...

Ninkilim is a Sumerian god of wild animals. His name means Lord Rodent. He's especially connected to rats, mice and other vermin, insect...

Gatumdug is an ancient Sumerian goddess and patron deity of the busy city state of Lagash, Mesopotamia. Read: Cult of the Fire God -...

Lagash (Lagaš) would be a modern wonder in the ancient world, a brilliant hub of trade, commerce and the meeting of minds. Inhabited...

Bizilla (Bizila) is a Mesopotamian goddess sukkal to the great matriarch and Queen of the Gods, Ninlil. Her name Bizilla means she who is...

Ninlil is Queen of the Gods and wife of Creator God Enlil. A senior matriarch of the Mesopotamian pantheon, Ninlil holds a position of...

Kusarikku has origins in the dark past beyond the beginning of the Bronze Age c. 3300 BCE. A fierce creature, he's depicted as a male...

Abzu (Apsu) is a primordial proto-god in Sumerian creation myth whose consort is Tiamat , demonic deity of destruction. Tiamat is sea...

The little mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) is also called the Palestinian or true gazelle. Both males and females have horns, which...

In ancient Mesopotamia demons are a fact of life. They can cause disease, fires, accidents, madness, crime and pestilence. Plants wither...

A mother goddess of ancient Mesopotamia, Ninhursag is one of the original seven dieties or 'those who decree', called the Anunnaki. She...

The Eurasian Tiger or Caspian Tiger, a Panthera tigris tigris subspecies, roamed Turkey, Afghanistan, parts of Iraq, Caspian regions such...