Tradition Institution Mesopotamia and the Levant
Sumerian religion
First religion of Mesopotamia region which is tangible by writing
- Also called Sumerian mythology
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches and affiliations
Many paths. Shared histories.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Recorded as a branch of
Traditions whose own records say they belong to it
1 tradition names Sumerian religion as its own — an affiliation, so kept apart from the tree.
Deities · 21
Gods and divine figures
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 21 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A god named in a tradition is a figure of its accounts; a picture of one is a work of art, not a likeness.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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AnuSumerian deity, Sky Father, King of the Gods -
InannaSumerian goddess -
TammuzSumerian god -
Zababawar god -
Igigigods of heaven in Sumerian mythology -
Nuskusumerian deity -
AmurruMesopotamian deity -
IsimudFigure from Sumerian mythology - AntuMesopotamian goddess
- UrashMesopotamian earth goddess
- Tishpakmesopotamian god
- LaharSumerian god
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- Deity Ninti Sumerian goddess of healing
- Deity Pabilsaĝ Mesopotamian deity
- Deity Hadad Mesopotamian deity
- Deity Sumugan Sumerian god of river plains
- Deity Ningikuga Mesopotamian goddess
- Deity Azimua Sumerian goddess
- Deity Numushda Mesopotamian god
- Deity Ašratum Babylonian goddess of love
- Deity Meskilak Goddess of Dilmun
Figures · 2
Begin with a figure
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 2 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
An affiliation recorded on a person is a third party’s record, often of one period of a life — not that person’s belief at every point in it.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Places · 1
Places and sites
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 1 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A place that names a tradition may be a temple or a whole province. Either way it is not a count of believers, and not evidence of practice in every period.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Stories · 2
Stories and myths
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 2 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A story is a narrative a tradition tells; its time is the story’s own, never a historical date.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Institutions · 2
Pantheons
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 2 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A ruling house that names a tradition is a family’s recorded affiliation, not its subjects’ practice; an office is a line of holders, not a family.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Sumerian religion connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
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.
Place 1
What this means
Where something is, or is documented. A location is not by itself evidence of activity.
Does not imply that anything is documented to have happened there
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.
3 statements on this record
- 3 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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
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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