| has gloss | (noun) a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
Semitic deity |
| lexicalization | eng: Semitic deities |
| lexicalization | eng: Semitic deity |
| subclass of | (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god, divinity, deity, immortal |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods
Enuki, Anunnaki |
| has subclass | (noun) in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children
Lilith |
| Note: 11 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | (noun) the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'
Anshar |
| has instance | (noun) Babylonian consort of Anu
Antum |
| has instance | (noun) father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
Apsu |
| has instance | (noun) mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag
Aruru |
| has instance | (noun) chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
Ashir, Ashur |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar
Ashtoreth, Astarte |
| has instance | (noun) Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
Mylitta, Ishtar |
| has instance | (noun) Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
Bel |
| has instance | (noun) god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
Dagon |
| has instance | (noun) (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk
Damkina, Damgalnunna |
| has instance | (noun) the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element
Ea |
| has instance | (noun) water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea
Enki |
| has instance | (noun) god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods
En-lil, Enlil |
| has instance | (noun) goddess of death and consort of Nergal
Ereshkigel, Ereshkigal, Eresh-kigal |
| has instance | (noun) the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery
Girru |
| has instance | (noun) the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta
Gula |
| has instance | (noun) any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu
Igigi |
| has instance | (noun) consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz)
Inanna |
| has instance | (noun) goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru
Ki |
| has instance | (noun) a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
Mama |
| has instance | (noun) the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu
Merodach, Bel-Merodach, Baal Merodach, Marduk |
| has instance | (noun) god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
Moloch, Molech |
| has instance | (noun) Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools
Nabu, Nebo |
| has instance | (noun) goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth
Nammu |
| has instance | (noun) a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
Namtar, Namtaru |
| has instance | (noun) god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
Nanna |
| has instance | (noun) (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead
Nergal |
| has instance | (noun) (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin
Ningal |
| has instance | (noun) an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine
Ningishzida |
| has instance | (noun) the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
Ninhursag, Ninkhursag, Ninkharsag |
| has instance | (noun) a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
Nintoo, Nintu |
| has instance | (noun) a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
Ninib, Ninurta |
| has instance | (noun) god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru
Nusku |
| has instance | (noun) god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad
Ramman |
| has instance | (noun) consort of Marduk
Sarpanitu, Zarpanit, Zirbanit |
| has instance | (noun) the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
Shamash |
| has instance | (noun) (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
Sin |
| has instance | (noun) favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal
Utnapishtim |
| has instance | (noun) sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash
Utug, Utu |
| has instance | (noun) evil storm god represented as a black bird
Zubird, Zu |