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Sylvia Rose
Feb 17, 20245 min read
Crocodilopolis - Sobek Crocodile God
Crocodilopolis is the cult site of an ancient Egyptian city centered upon the worship of Sobek, the Crocodile God. Sobek is the name for...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 13, 20244 min read
Seshat - Scribe Goddess Ancient Egypt
Seshat is the ancient Egyptian goddess of writing, wisdom and knowledge. As daughter of Thoth the scribe god, she's a scribe and record...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 9, 20249 min read
Eridu - City of Ancient Gods Mesopotamia
Eridu is among the earliest cities in Mesopotamia, and the first urban center in the south land of Sumer. The seat of ancient gods, Eridu...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 4, 20247 min read
Khet, the Body: Death Rites of Ancient Egypt
Khet represents the physical body and is considered part of the soul in ancient Egypt. The soul is made of eight parts. Together they...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 29, 20243 min read
Aruna, Hittite God of the Sea
Aruna is the God of the Sea worshiped by the Hittites (c. 1600 - 1187 BCE). At their greatest range under King Šuppiluliuma I, the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 22, 20245 min read
Inara & the Dragon - Purulliya Festival
Inara is the goddess of wild animals, hills and forests in Hittite mythology. The Purulliya Festival of spring comes from an older Hatti...
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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 20, 20243 min read
Kulullu - Fish Man Monster of Tiamat
When Tiamat sees how her children have turned against her, betrayed and murdered her partner Abzu, her she screams out her grief and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 19, 20243 min read
Tarhunna (Tarḫunna) Storm God of the Hittites
Tarhunna (Tarḫunna) is the Storm and Weather God of the Hittites, a warrior people who occupy much of Anatolia in the Bronze Age....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 18, 20243 min read
Hannahanna - Great Grandmother Goddess
Hannahanna is the great grandmother goddess of the Hittites. She features in several myths usually following the exploits of her...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 15, 20245 min read
Amurru - God of the Amorites
The Amorite god Amurru (Akkadian) or Martu (Sumerian) is revered since the third millennium BCE. Strong centers of worship in Babylon and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 7, 20245 min read
Ashur - Tutelary God of Assur, Assyria
Ashur is the tutelary God of ancient Assur, capital city of the Kingdom of Assyria in 2600 BCE. Like many other Mesopotamian cities,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 2, 20244 min read
Humbaba: Giant Mountain Forest Man
Humbaba (Ḫumbaba, Ḫuwawa) features in the Mesopotamian poem Epic of Gilgamesh, which is often copied at scribe schools. A huge mountain...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 1, 20243 min read
Apkallu - Seven Sages of Mesopotamia
When the gods come into being in Mesopotamia, they create the Igigi to act as their servants because they find work too exhausting. As...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 1, 20243 min read
Ushumgallu: Dragon Lion Snake Monster
Ushumgallu (Ušumgallu, Ušumgal) is a lion-dragon horned snake demon in Akkadian mythology. Similar hybrid creatures appear in...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Ishum: Night Watchman & Fire God
The God Ishum is the sukkal or divine attendant of Nergal, Lord of the Underworld, death and disease. Like many deified sukkals, Ishum...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 19, 20235 min read
Dumuzi & Geshtinanna: Reasons for Seasons
Dumuzi (Dumu-zid, Dumuzid) and Geshtinanna are brother and sister deities in ancient Mesopotamia (today's Iraq). Dumuzi, a god of...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Namtar: Underworld Sukkal & Disease Demon
In ancient Mesopotamia the Underworld Kur is ruled by the sultry and temperamental Goddess Queen Ereskigal. As usual among Mesopotamian...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Seduction of Hedammu, Father of Snakes
Ḫedammu is a mythical Hurrian sea serpent or snake who wreaks havoc on the coast of Syria during the Bronze Age. He's the offspring of...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 9, 20233 min read
Ullikummi - Rock Monster of Legend
Ullikummi of ancient near Eastern mythology is a towering creature of stone. It's born of the union of Underworld creator god Kumarbi ...
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