Ancient mesopotamian gods and goddesses nannasuensin god. Through marduk, the power of eridu incantationprayer was taught to the scribes of nabu and the mardukite priests, who were taught to attract and compel the gods in the name of marduk, always incanting the wordformula of the highest order. Like many other creation stories from different cultures around the globe, sumerian clay tablets tell the story of how gods literally created and later modified mankind, creating man in their own image. That is, the mythologies of the sumerians, akkadians, hittites, babylonians, phoenicians and others. Sin, in mesopotamian religion, the god of the moon.
The sumerians regarded their divinities as responsible for all matters pertaining to the natural and social orders. While original sin is a key theme in christian mythology, in islamic mythology, allah forgives adam and eve and there is no concept of original sin or carrying forward of sins to the next generation. According to the some resources, these gods came from nibiru planet of the crossing. The igigi are a group of the gods of heaven in ancient sumerian. An alternative history of the world, based on sumerian historical text, that puts into question what may be currently understood. In the babylonian cosmology sin, shamash and ishtar formed the second. Sumerian mythology by samuel noah kramer goodreads. These writings were found in fragments on a clay tablet that is know as the eridu genesis and dates back to around ca. In sumerian mythology ninsun was the divine mother of gilgamesh.
The religious development of mesopotamia and mesopotamian culture in general was not particularly influenced by the. Mesopotamian magic, rites and rituals of eridu, sumerian. In sumer, he was worshipped as god nanna and his akkadian name was suen or sin. The creation in sumerian mythology the sumerian creation myth is the oldest known to mankind. The gods of the mesopotamian region were by no means uniform in name. I read that cthulhu is really some babylonian or sumerian god, how come hes not there under kutu.
Sumerian mythology revised edition samuel noah kramer a real ad. Enlil sumerian mythology enlil an and kis union produced enlil lord of lil. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Inanna, goddess of venus, and with them formed an astral triad of deities.
He also reserved a special place for the sabians as people of the book along. Fortunately, a study of sumerian history provides a fairly vivid fleshandblood picture of rama. Semitic texts describe nusku as the king of the night, who illuminates the darkness and repels the demons of the dark. Sumerian religion was the religion practiced and adhered to by the people of sumer, the first literate civilization of ancient mesopotamia. Sumer mitolojisine giris icin guzel bir kitap oldugunu dusunuyorum. Portraits of the feminine in sumerian literature by. In sumerian mythology the anunnaki were a pantheon of good and evil gods and goddesses duality who came to earth to create the human race. Sex and eroticism in mesopotamian literature is a new contribution to current debates about sex and eroticism. The highly authentic sumerian kinglist appear such hallowed names as bharat warad sin and rim sin. An additional name, which is only attested in literary texts, is dilimbabbar. Be the first to ask a question about sumerian mythology.
They were also known, by the akkadians and babylonians, as the apkallu or the apkallu fish and are depicted with the body of a fish and the head of a man or with the torso of a fish and human. In the mesopotamian mythology of akkad, assyria and babylonia, the moon god was called sin in akkadian language, or nanna in sumerian lang. Was the book of genesis just a cheap copy of the original. A prophecy foretold that sin and his brothers triplets would be the doom of his pantheon. The high priest of his temple, chosen from the royal family, was viewed as sins spouse. According to the ancient texts, each sumerian city was guarded by its own god. The earliest writings of both are roughly contemporary, and occur interchangeably. The sumerians regarded their divinities as responsible for all matters pertaining to the natural and social orders 34 before the beginning of kingship in sumer, the citystates were effectively ruled by theocratic priests and religious officials. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. This work covers sumerian, babylonian, canaaniteugaritic, hittite, and hebrew mythologic material in brief and with comparisons. He was called nanna in sumerian, and suen or sin in akkadian. Mesopotamian moon god, lord of wisdom and father of.
The god sin plays an important role in the religion of babylonia and. Mesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices of the civilizations of ancient mesopotamia, particularly sumer, akkad, assyria and babylonia between circa 3500 bc and 400 ad, after which they largely gave way to syriac christianity. The origins of human beings according to ancient sumerian texts. The origins of human beings according to ancient sumerian. Sin mythology ancient mesopotamian gods and goddesses. It is interesting that in the biblical story of original sin, the deceiver of mankind has the appearance of a snake.
A captivating guide to the kingdom in ancient mesopotamia, starting from the. By reading these blogs you will be able to go back in time and read the true history first. The origin of humans according to ancient sumerian texts. Shop windows to the universe we now offer the cool it. Sumer, in mesopotamia, was called the land of civilized kings. The mesopotamian pantheon ancient history encyclopedia.
Bibliography related content books cite this work license. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Traces of sumerian religion survive today and are reflected in writings of the bible. The shaping of the god mars in sumer, assyria, and babylon. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. The first encounter, under sumerian names of sin, with scholars is on the explanation. Nanna, the sumerian name for the moon god, may have originally meant. Naramsin, sargons grandson and third successor, quelled the rebellions through a series of military successes, extending his realm. The bible, genesis and creation of man by the anunnaki ancient aliens. The story of our creation is one of the foundational myths of civilizationthere have been many sources for this story over the course of human history, and in this entry we explore the suggestion made in zechariah sitchins earth chronicles that the story in genesis in the bible is actually about the creation of.
Sin, akkadian, sumerian nanna, in mesopotamian religion, the god of the moon. They invented cunieform writing, and their spiritual beliefs influenced all successive near eastern religions, including judaism, christianity and islam. Sin m semitic mythology from earlier akkadian suen, of unknown meaning. The bulk of sumerian parallels can, however be found much earlier, in the book of genesis. Sumerian mythology index internet sacred text archive. In the mythology of the darkhunter series, sin was the sumerian god of the moon, the calendar, and fertility. The eridu genesis story describes the creation of mankind by the four great gods known as the annunaki. On babylonian boundary stones he is identified by a. Mesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the sumerian and east semitic akkadian, assyrian, babylonian and chaldean peoples living in mesopotamia approximately the area of modern iraq and north east syria that dominated the region for a period of 4,200 years from the fourth millennium bce throughout mesopotamia to. Enki is credited with the creation of mankind, and was also, according to sumerian mythology, its protector.
In sumerian mythology, utu is the son of the moon god nanna and the goddess ningal. Mesopotamian mythology is essentially the combination of the ancient babylonian, assyrian, akkadian and sumerian myths. The sumerians associated enki with wisdom, magic and incantations, and was one of the three most powerful gods in the sumerian pantheon, the other two being ana and enlil. The case of mesopotamia, however, is quite different. Sumerians created an advanced civilization with its own system of elaborate language and writing, architecture and arts, astronomy and mathematics. These names occur in the mythologies of the near east. Nanna also known as nannar, nannasuen, sin, asimbabbar, namrasit, inbu is the mesopotamian god of the moon and wisdom. The sumerian world explores the archaeology, history and art of southern mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c. Akkadian mythology project gutenberg selfpublishing. In the sumerian mythology, he is associated with god utu. And whether you tend to be a sumerian, akkadian, chaldean, assyrian, hittite, babylonian, amorite, or whoknowswhatian, its mythology is a bit easier to study this old mythology because of literacy and that a lot of the gods were borrowed between civilizations. Not only lord rama but his brother bharata also find a place in the list.
According to numerous ancient texts and books written throughout the years, hundreds of thousands of years ago, before recorded history, planet earth was visited by astronauts from an alien world. A study of spiritual and literary achievement in the third millennium b. The high priest of his temple, chosen from the royal family, was viewed as sin s spouse. The snake was the symbol for enki, a god in sumerian mythology. Lord rama was a king of sumeria king list ramanis blog.
The sumerian creation myth can be found on a tablet in nippur, an ancient mesopotamian city. Each of these peoples developed their own religions, but due to their proximity to one another, their mythology became intertwined and are collectively presented in. Nannar, sin the sumerian god of the full moon and wisdom, father of inanna in. Indeed, as i will show below, the portrayal of women in sumerian literature had everything to do with real women. Sumerian mythology and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Myths and legends of gods and goddesses, deities, giants, nephilim the sons of the fallen angels. Sumerians were living more than three thousand years ago in mesopotamia.
Sin was the father of the sun god, shamash sumerian. The name of the assyrian moon god sin is often spelled as enzu. The sumerians were a nonsemitic, nonindoeuropean people who lived in southern babylonia from 40003000 b. Jacobsen, thorkild, the treasures of darkness, yale university press, new haven, 1976.
By reading these blogs you will be able to go back in time and read the true history first recorded by man. Hidden text of medical book by doctor galen read for the first. To the akkadians and babylonians, he was known as ea. A captivating guide to the kingdom in ancient mesopotamia, starting from the akkadian empire to the battle of opis against persia, including babylonian mythology and the legacy of babylonia history, captivating on. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Planet x nibiru and the anunnaki of sumerian mythology. Sumerian history was recorded 2500 years before moses wrote the pentateuch, and lacks the religious overtones that we have been taught. As one of the oldest religious and solar symbols, the winged sun disk was seen in many variations, among the sumerians, the assyrians and the hittites just to name a few. Sumer, or the land of civilized kings, flourished in mesopotamia, now modernday iraq, around 4500 bc. As late as ezekiel, there is mention of a sumerian deity. Middle eastern mythology, penguin books, new york, 1963. Today mesopotamia is located in the territories of the states of iraq and kuwait. It reached its peak around 6,500 years ago when it had the distinction of being a very advanced civilization with a sophisticated written language, magnificent architecture for the time, complex mathematics, and amazing astronomy.
The assyrians and babylonians called it marduk, after their chief god. The bible repeats a number of issues of sumerian and babylonian mythology. Sutherland from very ancient times, the winged sun disk is found in many cultures all over the world. Ancient mystery channel is focusing on the manyfaced god. An ancient sumerian god, sin was one of the most powerful among his pantheon until the night artemis stole his godhood by trickery and left him one step from death.
It gives an insight into mesopotamian attitudes to sexuality by examining the oldest preserved written evidence on the subject the sumeroakkadian cuneiform sources which were written between the 21st and the 5th centuries b. The oldest triplet was killed by his father, but the. Intellectual adventure of ancient man harmondsworth. For millennia, this exgod turned darkhunter has dreamed only of regaining his powers and seeking revenge on her. Utu utu, who sheds a wide light is the sumerian for sun.