Deity Babylonian religion
Anu
Sumerian deity, Sky Father, King of the Gods
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Anu
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 26
Kinship in an account 26
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Anshar Babylonian deity - child of (child) Kishar earth mother goddess
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parent of (father) Adad Mesopotamian deity -
parent of (father) Amurru Mesopotamian deity -
parent of (father) Bau Mesopotamian goddess -
parent of (father) Enlil ancient Mesopotamian god -
parent of (father) Ereshkigal goddess in Mesopotamian mythology -
parent of (father) Erra babylonian deity - parent of (father) Gatumdag sumerian mother goddess
- parent of (father) Gibil Mesopotamian god of fire
- parent of (father) Gula mesopotaian deity
- parent of (father) Hadad Mesopotamian deity
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parent of (father) Inanna Sumerian goddess -
parent of (father) Kumarbi deity -
parent of (child) Lamashtu demoness in ancient Mesopotamian religion -
parent of (father) Nanaya ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love -
parent of (child) Nisaba Mesopotamian goddess - parent of (child) Sebitti Minor war gods in ancient Mesopotamia
- parent of (father) Shara Mesopotamian god from Umma
- partner of (spouse) Antu Mesopotamian goddess
- partner of (spouse) Inanna Sumerian goddess
- partner of (spouse) Ki babylonian goddess
- partner of (spouse) Mami goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis
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partner of (spouse) Ninhursag sumerian goddess
Connections
How Anu connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 4
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply that the culture was religiously uniform · a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure · personal belief at every point in a life · the practice of a population
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
25 statements on this record
- 4 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 21 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 20 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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