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22 chronicles
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Asag

Asag (Asakku), a monstrous demon of disease and chaos in Sumerian myth, so terrible his presence boiled the fish in the rivers — who with an army of stone

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 27 October 2026

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Anzu

Anzu (Imdugud), the monstrous lion-headed storm-bird of Mesopotamian myth who stole the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil and seized the power of the cosmos,

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 27 October 2026

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Humbaba

Humbaba (Huwawa), the monstrous fire-breathing guardian of the sacred Cedar Forest in the Epic of Gilgamesh — an ogre-giant appointed by Enlil, slain by

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 26 October 2026

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04

Utnapishtim

Utnapishtim, “He Who Found Life” — the immortal flood-survivor of Mesopotamian myth who, warned by Enki, built a great boat and survived the deluge, was

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 26 October 2026

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Enkidu

Enkidu, the wild-man and beloved companion of Gilgamesh in the great Mesopotamian epic — created by the gods from clay as the hero-king’s equal, civilized

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 26 October 2026

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Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh, the great hero-king of Uruk and protagonist of the oldest great work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh — the two-thirds divine king who slew

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 26 October 2026

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Nisaba

Nisaba, the Sumerian goddess of writing, scribes, grain and accounting — the patroness of literacy in whose honour the scribal schools were dedicated,

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 25 October 2026

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Ninkasi

Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer and brewing — the divine brewer who transformed grain into the beer that gladdened gods and mortals, immortalized in

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 25 October 2026

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Nanshe

Nanshe, the Sumerian goddess of social justice, prophecy, fish and fertility — the compassionate champion of the poor, widow and orphan who weighed the

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 25 October 2026

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Ningishzida

Ningishzida, a Sumerian god of the underworld, vegetation and serpents, “Lord of the Good Tree” — a chthonic deity of the roots of trees, bearer of the

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 25 October 2026

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Geshtinanna

Geshtinanna, the Sumerian goddess of the grape-vine, wine, dreams and autumn, “Lady of the Vine” — the devoted sister of the dying-god Dumuzi, whose love

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 24 October 2026

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Dumuzi

Dumuzi (Tammuz), the shepherd-god and great “dying god” of Mesopotamia, husband of Inanna — given as her substitute to the underworld, he rises and falls

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 24 October 2026

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Ninlil

Ninlil, the great goddess consort of Enlil, king of the gods, “Lady of the Air” — queen of the heavens and goddess of the grain, mother of the moon-god

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 24 October 2026

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Ninurta

Ninurta, the mighty Mesopotamian god of war, the hunt and agriculture — the warrior-champion of the gods who slew the monsters Asag and Anzu, recovered

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 24 October 2026

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Nergal

Nergal, the fierce Mesopotamian god of war, plague, death and the scorching summer sun — a dreaded bringer of pestilence and slaughter who descended into

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 23 October 2026

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Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal, the dread goddess of the underworld in Mesopotamian myth, “Queen of the Great Below” — the implacable sovereign of Kur, the land of no return,

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 23 October 2026

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Ninhursag

Ninhursag (Ninmah, Nintu), the great mother-goddess of ancient Mesopotamia, “Lady of the Mountain” — goddess of earth, fertility and birth and one of the

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 23 October 2026

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Nanna

Nanna (Sin), the great moon-god of ancient Mesopotamia — the radiant lord of the night sky and measurer of time whose phases ordered the calendar, father

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 23 October 2026

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Inanna

Inanna (Ishtar), the great Mesopotamian goddess of love, sex, war and power — the Queen of Heaven and morning star, the most complex of the gods, whose

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 22 October 2026

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Enki

Enki (Ea), the Mesopotamian god of the sweet waters, wisdom, magic and creation — the cunning, benevolent lord of the freshwater deep and wisest of the

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 22 October 2026

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Enlil

Enlil, the great executive king of the Mesopotamian gods, “Lord of the Air” — lord of wind and storm who separated heaven from earth, held the Tablet of

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 22 October 2026

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Anu

Anu (An), the sky-father and supreme god of ancient Mesopotamia — the remote, exalted king of the gods and source of all divine and royal authority, who

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 22 October 2026

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