Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Lamashtu, the dread female demon of Babylonian and Mesopotamian myth — a lioness-headed fiend who preys upon pregnant women and infants, slaying the
Lahamu, a primordial goddess of Babylonian myth — the female counterpart of Lahmu, one of the first deities born of the primordial waters Apsu and Tiamat,
Lahmu, a primordial deity and protective spirit of Babylonian myth — one of the first gods born of Apsu and Tiamat, and a class of benevolent
Gula (Ninkarrak, Ninisina), the Babylonian and Mesopotamian goddess of healing and medicine — the great divine physician and patroness of doctors,
Adad (Ishkur, Hadad), the Babylonian and Mesopotamian god of storms, thunder, lightning, and rain — the mighty weather-god whose storms bring both the
Sarpanit (Zarpanitu), the Babylonian goddess who is the consort and queen of Marduk — a goddess of birth, fertility, and motherhood, the divine queen of
Nabu (Nebo), the Babylonian god of wisdom, writing, and scribes — the divine patron of the scribal art and of literacy, keeper of the Tablet of Destinies
Mummu, the primordial vizier-god of Babylonian myth — the counsellor and minister of Apsu, perhaps the personification of the mist or the shaping word,
Kingu (Qingu), the rebel-god and consort of Tiamat in Babylonian myth — the champion and general of her army of chaos, bearer of the Tablet of Destinies,
Apsu (Abzu), the primordial god of the fresh underground waters in Babylonian myth — the sweet water of the deep, consort of the salt-sea Tiamat and