Gods and Goddesses of Mesopotamia

A supreme god of the Mesopotamian pantheon

Pantheon - all the gods of a certain people group

He decrees fates of people

His commands couldn't be altered

The god who granted kingship.

Goddess of war and love.

Daughter of Nanna (god of the moon)

Also known as Inanna.

Head of the Assyrian pantheon of gods

Mainly worshipped in the northern
half of Mesopotamia.

Ashur's wife was Ninlil

He was an East Semitic god

Also known as Utu.

God of the sun and divine justice

Famously known in the feature in the
renowned law code of Hammurabi.

The son of Sin.

God of farming, healing, hunting, scribes, and law.

First worshipped in early Sumer.

Later became loved by the Assyrians as a formidable warrior.

God of the moon.

Represented as a bull.

He was a major god in the early part
of the Sumerian period.

God of storms, rain, and thunder

Also called Had, Haddu, or Hadda

Associated with the goddess Atargatis

The bull was his symbol

The god of death, pestilence, and plague

Lord of the Underworld

Also associated with warfare death

Mentioned in 2 Kings 17:30

The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima;

A late generation god

Patron deity of the city of Babylon.

Deity - a god or goddess

God of thunderstorms in Mespotamia

Chief god of the city of Babylon

Was called Bel later on.

Accompanied by the goddess Zarpanitu.

Means "whole heaven"

His associate is Kishar which
means "whole earth"

They are the kids of Lahmu

Appeared in the Babylonian creation myth

A craftsman

someone who is skilled in a particular craft

A personification of practical knowledge
and technical skill

The third of primordial gods

Symbolizes the mental world

God of war

Associated with Ninurta the god

His symbol is the eagle headed staff

The protector god of the city of Kish
in ancient Mesopotamia.

Also known as Martu

God of the Amorite/Amurru people

The protector god of the city Ninab

His accomplice is the goddess Asherah

Also known as Zu

Wanted to rule the gods

Means the "wise one"

Seen as a half man, half bird.
With a beak like a saw.

His wings so powerful that they could cause
storms, tornadoes, and thunder.

Associated with the storm demon

Described as a god of sun

The Underworld god of law

Protector of flocks and vegetation

Equal to the god Nergal

An ancestor of Enlil

Means parent star or constellation.

He is a protective and beneficent god.

The first born son of Abzu and Tiamat.

His sister is Lahamu.

The god of the supreme triad

Triad - trinity/group of 3

Chief god of the city of Eridu.

God of water, crafts, creation, mischief, and intelligence.

Later known as Ea in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology.

God of freshwater

Mates with Tiamat (goddess of salt water)

A Babylonian god

Also called Apsu

Originally a tree god

Sumerian for "Lord of the good tree"

God of vegetation and the underworld.

Represented as a serpent.

God of sky, kings, and the yearly calendar.

Theoretically the highest god although
only played a small role.

Anu is from the oldest Sumerian period
(at least 3000BC)

Also called Nebo

God of wisdom, writing, and vegetation

A Babylonian god

His symbols were the clay tablet and stylus

Mentioned in Isaiah 46:1

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;
their idols are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried about are burdensome,
a burden for the weary.

Associated with Nana a Sumerian god

Goddess of the salt sea

Mates with Abzu (the god of freshwater)

She signifies the chaos primordial creation.

Primordial - existing at the beginning of time