Kishar
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Kishar — In the Akkadian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, the first children of Tiamat and Apsu. She is the female principle, sister and wife of Anshar, the male principle, and the mother of Anu. Kishar represents the earth as … Wikipedia
Kishar — The host of earth, one of the second pair of Babylonian gods to arise from the depths of chaos. The other one was Anshar, the host of heaven. See Anshar and Kishar … Who’s Who in non-classical mythology
Kishar — noun Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies the totality of the lower world • Regions: ↑Babylon • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Semitic deity … Useful english dictionary
Anshar and Kishar — Two very ancient divine beings mentioned in the Babylonian Epic of Creation. Anshar, who personified the sky or heaven, and Kishar, who personified Earth, were the offspring of the primordial forces Apsu, deity of freshwater, and Tiamat,… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Anshar and Kishar — ▪ Mesopotamian mythology in Mesopotamian mythology, the male and female principles, the twin horizons of sky and earth. Their parents were either Apsu (the watery deep beneath the earth) and Tiamat (the personification of salt water) or… … Universalium
Anshar and Kishar — The second pair of Babylonian gods to arise from the depths of chaos. Their names mean Host of Heaven and Host of Earth respectively. They were followed by their son Anu, god of the heavens, by Ea who was then called Nudimmud and others.… … Who’s Who in non-classical mythology
Kisar — Kishar o Kisar, fue una divinidad primigenia en mitología mesopotámica. Es mencionada en el Enuma Elish como madre de Anu consorte de su hermano Anshar, hija de Apsu y Tiamat, y en otras ocasiones, como hija de Lahmu y Lahamu. Es mencionada a… … Wikipedia Español
Mesopotamian religion — Introduction beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the millennia before the Christian era. These religious beliefs and… … Universalium
Tiamat — In Babylonian mythology [And doubtless in Sumerian mythology as well, though all the surviving texts are later.] , Tiamat is the sea, personified as a goddess, [Jacobsen, Thorkild. The Battle between Marduk and Tiamat , Journal of the American… … Wikipedia
Anunnaki — The Anunnaki (also transcribed as: Anunnaku, Ananaki) are a group of Sumerian and Akkadian deities related to, and in some cases overlapping with, the Annuna (the Fifty Great Gods ) and the Igigi (minor gods). The name is variously written d a… … Wikipedia
