Gilgamesh Gods

Question 0

Anunnaki

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Usually gods of the underworld, judges of the dead and offspring of anu

Question 1

Adad

Answer 1

Storm, rain, and weather god

Question 2

Anu

Answer 2

Sumerian an, father of the gods, god of the firmament, the great above. First there was the primeval sea, from which was born the cosmic mountain, consisting of heaven, an, and the earth, ki, they were separated by enlil, then an carried off the heavens, and enlil the earth. Ann later retreated more and more into the background, he had an important temple in Uruk

Question 3

Apsu

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The abyss, the primeval waters under the earth; in later mythology they were thought to be a combination of sweet water, bitter water, and other. The waters of apsu were thought of as held immobile by the spell of ea in a death like sleep

Question 4

Arusu

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The goddess of creation, she create Enkidu from clay in the image of anu

Question 5

Bull of heaven

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A personification of drought created by anu for Ishtar

Question 6

Ea/ enki

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God of the sweet waters, also wisdom, a patron of arts and one of the creators of mankind, towards whom he is usually well-disposed. The chief god of Eridu, where he had a temple, he lived “in the deep”, his ancestry is uncertain, but he is probably the child of anu

Question 7

Endusugga/ enmul

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With Nindukugga, Sumerian gods living in the underworld, parents of enlil

Question 8

Enkidu

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Moulded by Aruru, goddess of creation, out of clay is the image of the”essence of anu”, the sky god, and Ninurta the war god. The companion of Gilgamesh, he is wild or natural reran

Question 9

Enlil

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God of the earth,wind, and the universal air, ultimately the spirit; the executive of anu. In the Sumerian cosmogony he was born of the union of An heaven, and ki earth. These he separated, then he carried off earth as his portion. In later times, he supplanted Anu as chief god. He was the patron of the city Nippur

Question 10

Ennugi

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God of irrigation and inspector of canals

Question 11

Ereshkigal/ irkalla

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The queen of the underworld, the counterpart of Persephone; probably once the sky goddess. In the Sumerian cosmogony she was carried off to the underworld after the separation of heaven and earth

Question 12

Gilgamesh

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Son of goddess Ninsun and of a priest of Kullab, fifth king of Uruk after the flood, famous as a great builder and as a judge of the dead

Question 13

Humbaba/ huwawa

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A guardian of the cedar forest who opposes Gilgamesh and is killed by him and Enkidu. A nature divinity

Question 14

Ishtar

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Sumerian inanna, the goddess of fertility and love, also the goddess of war, called the queen of heaven. She is the daughter of Anu and the patroness of Uruk, where she had a temple

Question 15

Ki

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The earth

Question 16

Luguleanda

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Third king of the post-diluvian dynasty of Uruk, a god and Shepard, protector of Gilgamesh

Question 17

Man-scorpion

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Guardian of the mountain into which the sun descends at nightfall. Shown as a figure with the upper body of a human and the lower part ending in a scorpions mil. He was created by the primeval waters to fight the gods

Question 18

Namtar

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Fate, destiny in its evil aspect, pictured as the demon of the underworld, also a messenger and chief minister of ershkigal, a bringer of disease ans pestilence

Question 19

Nergal

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Underworld god, sometimes the husband of ereshkigal, transitioned from heaven to underworld, plague god

Question 20

Neti

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Chief gatekeeper of the underworld

Question 21

Ninhursag

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Sumerian mother-goddess; one of the principal Sumerian gods with an, enlil, and enki; sometimes the wife of enki, she created all vegetation. The name means ‘the Mother’, she is also called nintu, lady of birth, and the earth

Question 22

Ninlil

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Goddess of heaven, earth, and air whose house is in Uruk; wife of enlil and mother of the moon

Question 23

Ninsun

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The mother of Gilgamesh, a Minot goddess whose house was in Uruk, she was noted for her wisdom, and was the wife of Lugulbaada

Question 24

Ninurta

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The later forth of Ningirsu, a warrior and god of war, a herald, the south wind, and god of wells and irrigation,

Question 25

Puzur-Amurri

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The steersman of utnapishtam during the flood

Question 26

Shamash

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The sun, for Sumerians he was principally the judge and law-giver with some fertility attributes. For Semites he was also a victorious warrior, the god of wisdom, the god of sin, and the ‘greater than his father’ He was the husband and brother of Ishtar. He is represented with which he cuts decisions.

Question 27

Shullat

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A divine herald of storm and bad weather

Question 28

Shulpae

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A god who presided over feast sand feasting

Question 29

Siduri

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The divine wine maker and brewer, she lives on the shore of the sea, in the garden sun. Her name in hurricane language means ‘young woman’ and may be a for of Ishtar

Question 30

Sin

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Sumerian Nama, the moon. The chief Sumerian astral deity, father of sham ash and Ishtar

Question 31

Ubara-tutu

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A king of shurrupak and father of utnapishtim

Question 32

Urshanabi

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The boatman of utnapishtim who ferries daily across the waters of death which divide the garden of the sun from the paradise where utnapishtim lives forever. By accepting Gilgamesh as a passenger he forfeits this right and accompanies Gilgamesh back to Uruk instead

Question 33

Uruk

Answer 33

Biblical erech,in southern Babylonia, a very important city with great temples to the gods anu and Ishtar. Traditionally the enemy city of Kish, and after the flood the seat of the dynasty of kings, among whom Gilgamesh was the fifth and most famous

Question 34

Utnapishtim

Answer 34

A wise king and priest of shurrupak. He is the son of ubara tutu, his name translated means “he who saw life”. He is the protege of ea.him and his family were the seed of all creatures (because the gods wiped out all other humans) taken by gods to live in the mouth of rivers or where the sun rises.