Showing posts with label Sumer. Show all posts
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Saturday, 27 July 2013

Belet-Sheri

babylonian goddess, her name means lady of the steppe. She was the wife of the nomad god Amurru. since the babylonians associated the steppe with the Underworld, the goddess was often associated with the realm of the dead, where she functioned as a scriber. Belet-Sheri was identified with the sumerian goddess Geshtinanna.

Abba

Babilonian goddess (origin, probably, amorite). Her name is mentioned in the texts of mari, where many people are named after her. During the time of the Old Babylon she had a temple in Isin. Her personality and divine functions are unknown. In the sumerian myth Enki and Ninhursag Abba is a god created by Ninhursag.