Mesopotamian Deities

This list contains Akkadian, Babylonian, and Sumerian names, some of which refer to the same
god in the other culture, and also over a number of time periods.
A-a
• Sun goddess
• Consort of the sun god Samas
Abu
• Minor vegetation god
• Sprung from head of Enki
Abzu
• God of underground waters
Adad
• Weather god
• Giver of life in the fields
• Son of Anu
Ama-arhus
• Fertility goddess
Amasagnul
• Fertility goddess
An (Anum)
• Head of the pantheon
• God of the sky
• The ultimate source of all authority
Annedotus: See Oannes.
Anshar
• Primordial deity linked with heaven
Antu
• Creator goddess
• Consort of Anu
Antum
• Consort of An
• Source of rain
Anu
 • Creator god
• Consort of Antu
Anum: See An.
Anunitu: See Antu.
Apsu
• God of underworld primeval waters
Aruru
• Mother goddess
Aruzu
• God of completed construction
Asalluha
• Messenger and reporter to his father Enki
Ashnan
• Goddess of grain
Asman
• Minor vegetation goddess
• Protectoress of the grains in the fields
Assur
• Tutelary (guardian) god
• National deity of Assyria
Aya
• Mother goddess
• Consort of sun god Samas
Baba
• Fertility goddess
Belet-Seri
• Underworld goddess
Birdu
• Minor underworld god
• Consort of Manungal
Dagon
• God of vegetation
• Fertility god
 • Half man and half fish
Damgalnuna
• Mother goddess
Ea: See Enki.
Ellil: See Enlil.
Emesh
• Vegetation god
Enbillulu
• River god
Endursaga
• Herald god
Enki (Ea)
• God of Earth
• God of the fresh waters
• God of the air
• God of wisdom
• Source of all secret magical knowledge
Enkimdu
• God of canals and ditches
• Father of Marduk
Enlil (Ellil)
• National god of Sumer
• Held the Tablets of Destiny
Enmesarra
• God of the law
Ennugi
• God attendant and throne-bearer of Enlil
Enten
• Guardian deity of farmers
Ereshkigal
• Queen of the netherworld
• Consort of Gugulanna
Erra
 • God of war
Erua: See Zarpanitu..
Gangir
• Daughter of goddess Baba
Gatumdug
• Fertility goddess
• Daughter of god An
Gerra
• God of fire
Geshtu
• Minor god of intellect
Gibil
• Fire god
Girru
• God of fire and light
• Messenger of the gods
Gugulanna
• Minor underworld deity
• Consort of Erishkigal
Gula (Nin Ezen)
• Goddess of healing
• Consort of Ninurta
Gusilim: See Ishtaran.
Hala
• Goddess of healing
Hani
• Minor god and attendant of Adad
Hendursaga
• God of the law
Igigi
• A group of younger sky gods
Ilabrat
• Minor god and minister of state of chief god Anu
Im
• Storm god
Inanna (Ishtar)
• Sister of Utu
• Goddess of several roles, including Morning Star and Evening Star
Ishara
• Goddess of marriage and childbirth
Isimud
• Messenger of the god Enki
Ishkur
• Storm god
Ishtar: See Inanna.
Ishtaran
• Tutelary god of the city of Dur
Ishum
• Attendant of the god Erra
• Brother of the god Samash
Kabta
• God of artisans
Kakka
• Minor god and minister of state to Anu and Anshar
Ki
• Personified of the earth and the underworld
• Consort of An
Kingu
• Leader of the forces of the beginning and shaping of the world
• Husband-son of Tiamat
Kishar
• Creator of An and Ki
• Consort of Anshar
Kulla
• God who restores temples
• God of builders
Kus
• God of herdsmen
Kusag
• Patron god of priests
• High priest of the gods
Lahamu
• Primordial deity
• Created from the primeval ocean
Lahar
• God of cattle
• Carries a bow and a club
Lilith
• Goddess of desolation
Lugal-Irra
• Underworld god
Mami
• Mother goddess who created mortals
Mandanu
• God of divine judgment
Manungal
• Underworld god
Marduk
• Supreme god
• God of the sun
• Son of Enki and Damgalnuna
Martu
• Tutelary god and patron god of the city of Ninab
Mullitu
• Goddess of fertility and childbirth
• Consort of Ellil
Nabu
• God of writing and wisdom
• Son of Marduk and Zarpanitu
Nammu
• Birth goddess
• Creator of heaven and earth
• Mother of the gods
Namtar
• Messenger god for the goddess Ereshkigal
Nanaja
• Fertility goddess
Nanna
• God of the full moon, the crescents, and the new moon
Nanshe
• Goddess of justice
Negun
• Minor goddess associated with the goddess Sirara
Nergal
• God of war, of pestilence, of the chase, of the midsummer sun
• King of the netherworld
Neti
• Chthonic (underworld) god
Nimsimug
• God who completes construction
Nin Ezen: See Gula.
Nin Ilda
• God of carpenters
Nin Imma
• Fertility goddess
Nin Shar
• Minor mother goddess
Nindara
• Consort of the goddess Nanshe
Ninegal
• God of smiths
Nindurra
 • Mother of the goddess Utto by Enki
Ningal
• Reed goddess
Ningikuga
• Goddess of reeds and marshes
Ningirama
• God of magic
Ningirsu
• God of thundershowers
• God of the plough
Ningis Zi Da
• God of light coming from the horizon
Ninhursaga
• High goddess
• Goddess of mountains
Ninib
• God of the spring sun
• God of the morning sun
Ninkarnunna
• Barber god
• Attendant of the god Ninurta
Ninkhursaga
• Goddess of birth for pregnant animals
• Midwife of the gods
Ninkurra
• Minor mother goddess
Ninlil
• Goddess of grain
• Consort of Enlil
Ninmena
• Mother goddess
Ninmu
• Mother of goddess Nindurra by Enki
Ninsikil
• Patron goddess of the paradise land of Dilmun
Ninshubur
• Messenger goddess of the goddess Inana
Ninsun
• Cow goddess
Ninurta
• God of thunderstorms
• God of the plough
Nisaba
• Goddess of writing
• Goddess of grain and reeds
Nu Mus Da
• Tutelary god
• Patron of the city Kazallu
Nudimmud
• God who created the first ocean
Nunbarsegunu
• Obscure mother goddess
Nushku
• God of light
Oannes (Annedotus)
• God of the sea
• Instructs humans in the arts and sciences during the day
• Head and body of a fish and feet of a man
Pa-bil-sag
• Tutelary god of Isin
Pap-nigin-gara
• God of war
Papsukal
• Messenger god
Samas
• Sun god
 • Consort of A-a
Sebitti
• A group of minor gods
Shakka
• God of cattle
Shala
• War goddess
Shamash
• Sun god
Shara
• Minor war god
Shara Itu
• Fertility goddess
Sherida
• Mother goddess
Shullat
• Minor god
• Attendant of the sun god Shamash
Shulman
• Chthonic god
• Fertility god
Shul-pa-e
• Fertility god
• Astral god
Shulsaga
• Astral goddess
Shumugan
• God of river plains
Siduri
• Minor goddess of brewing
Sin
• Moon god
Sirara
 • Goddess of the Persian Gulf
Sirsir
• God of mariners
Tashmetu
• Goddess consort of the god Nabu
Tiamat
• Primordial creator goddess
• Goddess of the sea
Tishpak
• Tutelary god of the city of Eshnumma
Tutu
• Tutelary god of Rorsippa
Ua-Ildak
• Vegetation goddess
Urash
• Chthonic earth goddess
• A consort of the sky god An
Umunmutamku and Umunmutamnag
• Dieties who present to the gods offerings made by humans
Utnapishtim
• A human made a god after he built an ark and saved himself, his family, and the beasts
because of the deluge
Uttu
• Goddess of clothing
• Vegetation goddess
• Daughter of Enki and Nindurra
Utu
• Sun god
• God responsible for dispensing justice to gods and men
• Son of the moon god Nanna and the goess Ninlil
Wer
• Storm god
• Linked with Adad and Amurru
Zababa
• God of war
Zarpanitu (Erua)
• Birth goddess
• Consort of Marduk
• Marriage celebrated annually at New Year in Babylon