Pantheon Sumerian religion
Sumerians
People of antiquity
- Members 29 on record
- Generations 2, as the accounts give them
- Tradition Sumerian religion
A family photograph
Each row stands a generation below the one above it.
Kinship as the accounts give it,
not a documented family.
As the accounts tell it
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I Eldest on record
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II A generation below
Overview
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Everyone it counts
Gods first, then people — including those the photograph leaves out.
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Inanna Sumerian goddess -
Nergal Underworld deity worshipped throughout Mesopotamia -
Tammuz Sumerian god -
Ereshkigal Goddess in Mesopotamian mythology -
Ninurta Mesopotamian deity -
Ninhursag Sumerian goddess -
Shamash Sumerian sun god -
Adad Mesopotamian deity -
Ningal Goddess of reeds in Sumerian mythology -
Ningishzida Sumerian god - Mami Goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis
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Bau Mesopotamian goddess
What else names it
Places whose own records name Sumerians.
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PlaceUr
Ancient Mesopotamian city-state -
PlaceNippur
Ancient city in modern day Iraq -
PlaceShuruppak
Archaeological site in Iraq -
PlaceGirsu
Ancient Sumerian city -
PlaceAdab
City in Sumer -
PlaceBad-tibira
Human settlement -
PlaceEanna
Ancient Sumerian temple in Uruk -
PlaceJemdet Nasr
Archaeological site in Iraq
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Connections
Affiliation 2
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