2015年9月21日 · I'm looking into fabulous creatures and demons specifically in Sumerian texts, or in Akkadian texts but where the creature/demon still had a Sumerian origin. I can't seem to find a complete list, if it even exists, and many which are listed in various places on the internet are extremely suspect. What I have so far: Anzu bird; Asag; Bull of Heaven

The term Anunnaki (alternate spellings: Anunnaku, Anunna, Anuna) is applied inconsistently, and the meaning appears to shift over time.

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2024年2月23日 · Given the similarity to the Sumerian word and the lack of a transparent Akkadian etymology, it is presumably a straight phonetic loanword from Sumerian. It means some kind of barley. Further down on the page there are also citations to two articles by M. Powell, published in 1984 and 1987 in "BSA", which according to this handy list of ...

2017年9月29日 · He notes that Akkadian omen texts from Susa and from the Sealand archives appears to indicate that one-eyed creatures were known as igidalu, igidaru or igitelû, possibly a loanword from Sumerian igi.dili ("one eye"), and that the only god associated with them was Nergal, who in one such omen texts is identified as the slayer of an igitelû.

2016年7月24日 · There is there a lot of fairly solid translations of major mythes/stories, as well as a great introduction to the Sumerian culture. this is by far a better book than the former but it is not free. And quite dated (As Sumerian mythology is). Bibliography. the Litterature of Ancient Sumer by Jeremy Black, most texts are in the ETCL

I'm looking into fabulous creatures and demons specifically in Sumerian texts, or in Akkadian texts but where the creature/demon still had a Sumerian origin. I can't seem to find a complete list, if ...

What demons/fabulous creatures did the Sumerians mention? I'm looking into fabulous creatures and demons specifically in Sumerian texts, or in Akkadian texts but where the creature/demon still had a Sumerian origin.

See The Sumerian Pantheon (the family tree) below: Does it indicate that the twelve was some special number? Similar to Greek pantheon (The Pantheon of Twelve)? This source: “Assembly of the Gods” – 12 Members reads: There are 6 male deities and 6 female deities among the ruling twelve positions in the “Assembly of the Gods“.

EDIT : The sumerian language is apparently an language isolate. So it is just a coincidence. More than that, in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, an hypothesis linked this word with a goddess from the eastern cultural block, but it is not linked to a semitic deity. Still, I don't see any link with the sumerian gods.