Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover Pazuzu, the demon-king of the wind in Assyrian and Babylonian belief — a fearsome monster of the destroying wind who was yet invoked as a
Discover the Lamassu, the great protective guardian-spirit of Assyria and Mesopotamia — a majestic human-headed winged bull who guarded the gates of
Discover Ashur (Assur), the national god and supreme deity of the Assyrian Empire — the deified state and lord of war who rose with Assyria to become king
Discover Ugallu, the lion-headed storm-demon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a man-bodied, talon-footed monster turned apotropaic guardian, set at
Discover Lilû, the male Akkadian night-demon — a wind-borne phantom who preys on sleeping women, member of the lilu-demon triad and an ancient forerunner
Meet the Gallu, the merciless underworld demons of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — faceless seizers who drag the doomed to the land of no return and
Discover the Edimmu, the restless ghost of Akkadian and Babylonian belief — the unburied or neglected dead who seize the living with sickness until
Discover Bashmu, the venomous serpent-dragon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a horned chaos-monster of Tiamat’s brood subdued by Marduk and set as a
Discover Ardat-Lili, the Akkadian night-demon — the unwed maiden who seduces sleeping men and menaces childbirth, one of the lilu-demon trinity and an
Meet Shamash, the Akkadian sun-god and supreme judge — the all-seeing eye of heaven, source of the law given to Hammurabi, and helper of heroes against
