User:SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits/List of Sumerian cults
Appearance
Cosmology
[edit]Realm | Placement | Inhabitants | Ruler | |
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Totality ๐ ๐น ki.ลกarโ |
An ๐ญ an |
Heaven ๐ญ an |
Gods ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐พ da.nun.na |
Enki ๐ญ๐๐ den.ki |
Ki ๐ ki |
Earth ๐ ma |
People ๐ erinโ |
Uras ๐ญ๐ duraลก | |
Kur ๐ณ kur |
Netherworld ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ท dir.kal.la |
Ghosts ๐ gidim + Demons ๐ผ๐ฒ galโ .laโ |
Ereshkigal ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฒ dereลก.ki.gal | |
Abzu ๐ช๐ abzu |
Primeval sea ๐ engur |
Nammu ๐ญ๐ dnammu |
List
[edit]Deity | Temple | District | Ziggurat | City | Personification | Plane | Position |
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Abzu[a] | Eabzu[b] | Eridu[c] | Cosmic ocean | Primordial deities | |||
Nammu[d] | Motherhood | Cosmic ocean | |||||
Ki[e] | Earth | Earth | |||||
An[f] | Eanna[g] | Anu district | Anu ziggurat | Uruk[h] | Sky | Heaven | |
Inanna[i] | Eanna district[j] | Venus | Three sky gods | ||||
Ekugnuna[k] | Love | ||||||
Esara[l] | Zabala[m] | Light |
Seven gods who decree
[edit]Four primary gods
[edit]Deity | Celestial body | Personifies | Dates of worship |
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Ninhursag ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ dnin.แธซur.saล |
Fertility | c. 3000 โ c. 500 BCE |
Divine triad
[edit]Deity | Celestial body | Personifies | Dates of worship |
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Enlil ๐ญ๐๐ค den.lilโ |
Air | c. 3400 โ c. 30 BCE | |
Enki ๐ญ๐๐ den.ki |
Mercury | Creation Water Knowledge |
c. 2500 โ c. 600 BCE |
King of the gods
[edit]Deity | Celestial body | Personifies | Dates of worship |
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An ๐ญ an |
Uranus or Saturn |
Sky | c. 4000 โ c. 30 BCE |
Three sky gods
[edit]Deity | Celestial body | Personifies | Dates of worship |
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Inanna ๐ญ๐น dinana |
Venus | Love Beauty Justice War |
c. 4000 โ c. 30 BCE |
Utu ๐ญ๐ dutu |
Sun | Sun | c. 3500 โ c. 30 BCE |
Nannar ๐ญ๐๐ dnanna |
Moon | Moon | c. 2600 BCE โ c. 300 CE |
Other gods
[edit]Deity | Celestial body | Personifies | Dates of worship |
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Nergal ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ dnergalโ(kiลก.abg) |
Mars | Death | c. 2600 โ c. 500 BCE |
Marduk ๐ญ๐ซ๐ damar.ud |
Jupiter | Vegetation | c. 2600 โ c. 500 BCE |
Ereshkigal ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฒ dereลก.ki.gal |
Chthonic | c. 2500 โ c. 600 BCE | |
Ninurta ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ dnin.urta |
Hunting | c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | |
Ishkur ๐ญ๐ diลกkur |
Weather | c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | |
Meslamta-ea ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ด๐ซ๐๐บ dmes.lam.ta.eโ |
Divine twins | c. 2600 โ c. 600 BCE | |
Bau ๐ญ๐๐ dba.uโ |
Health | c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | |
Gibil ๐ญ๐๐ dgi.bil |
Fire | c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | |
Pabilsaฤ ๐ญ๐บ๐๐๐ dpa.bilโ.saล |
c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | ||
Ninegal ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฒ dnin.eโ.gal |
c. 2600 โ c. 500 BCE | ||
Iลกtaran ๐ญ๐ ๐ฒ diลกtaran |
c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | ||
Nintinugga ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ท?๐ต dnin.tin.ugโ(ezenโแธซal).ga |
c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | ||
Shara ๐ญ๐ dลกaraโ |
c. 2600 โ c. 700 BCE | ||
Ninlil ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ค dnin.lilโ |
c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | ||
Ninazu ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ dnin.a.zuโ |
c. 2600 โ c. 600 BCE | ||
Lisin ๐ญ๐๐ dliโ.siโ |
c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | ||
Nin-gublaga ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ฏ dnin.gublaga |
c. 2600 โ c. 600 BCE | ||
Lugal-Urub ๐ญ๐๐พ dlugal.urub |
c. 2500 โ c. 1900 BCE |
Posthumously deified rulers of Sumer
[edit]Deity | Celestial body | Personifies | Dates of worship |
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Lugalbanda ๐ญ๐๐๐ dlugal.bandaโda |
c. 2600 โ c. 30 BCE | ||
Ama-uลกumgal-ana ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ dama.uลกumgal |
c. 2600 โ c. 1300 BCE | ||
Gilgamesh ๐ญ๐๐๐ต๐ฉ dgilgameลกโ |
c. 2600 โ c. 1900 BCE |
Places of worship
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Abzu (Sumerian: ๐ช๐, romanized: abzu; transliterated: abzu) may have fl. c. 5500 โ c. 2600 BCE.
- ^ Eabzu (Sumerian: ๐๐ช๐, romanized: eabzu; transliterated: eโ.abzu) may have been constructed and expanded upon from c. 5300 โ c. 3800 BCE.
- ^ Eridu (Sumerian: ๐ฃ๐ , romanized: eridu; transliterated:โค eridugki) may have fl. c. 5400 BCE until abandoned c. 4200 โ c. 3700 BCE and occupied again from c. 2900 โ c. 500 BCE.
- ^ Sumerian: ๐ญ๐, romanized: nammu; transliterated: dnammu
- ^ Sumerian: ๐ , romanized: ki; transliterated: ki
- ^ Sumerian: ๐ญ, romanized: an; transliterated: an
- ^ Sumerian: ๐๐ญ๐พ, romanized: eanna; transliterated: eโ.an.na
- ^ Sumerian: ๐๐ , romanized: uruk; transliterated: unugki
- ^ Sumerian: ๐ญ๐น, romanized: inanna; transliterated: dinana
- ^ Sumerian: ๐๐ญ๐พ, romanized: eanna; transliterated: eโ.an.na
- ^ Sumerian: ๐๐ฌ๐ฃ๐พ, romanized: ekugnuna; transliterated: eโ.kug.nun.na
- ^ Sumerian: ๐๐ฌ, romanized: esara; transliterated: eโ.ลกar
- ^ Sumerian: ๐๐น, romanized: esara; transliterated: zabalaโki