Mesopotamian Deities

Source List

An: Sky God, one of the supreme deities; Other names: An (Sumerian), Anu (Akkadian)
Ansar and Kisar: Primordial creation deities
Anunna: Group of deities, sometimes underworld deities; Other names: Anuna, Anunak, Anunna, Anunnaki, Anunnaku, Anunnakku
Asalluhi: God of incantations and magic. Son of Enki.; Other names: Asarluhi, Asalluhi
Aya: Goddess of light. Wife of Utu.; Other names: Aya, Ayya, Serida, Serda
Baba: Goddess of healing. Patron Goddess of the cities of Girsu and Lagas.; Other names: Baba, Bawu, Bau
Dagan: Male deity with unknown meaning
Damu: God of Healing. Son of Gula.
Enki: Trickster God of wisdom, magic, and incantations. Lives in the ocean.; Other names: Enki, Enkig, Nudimmud, Nissiku, Ea
Enlil: God of the fates and kingship. One of the supreme deities.; Other names: Enlil, Enllil, Nunamnir, Illinos
Ereskigal: Goddess of the underworld
Erra: God of war and plagues. Associated with Nergal.
Gestinanna: Goddess of writing and the underworld. Sister of Dumuzi (no entry).
Girra: God of fire and light; Other names: Girra, Gira, Giru, Gibil
Gula: Goddess of healing; Other names: Gula, Ninkarrak
Haya: God of the scribal arts and known as a "door-keeper". Husband of Nidaba.; Other names: Haya, Haia, Haja, Hani
Igigi: Group of deities with an unknown theme; Other names: Igigi, Igigu
Inanna: Goddess of sexual love and warfare; associated with the planet Venus and the evening star.; Other names: Inana, Inanna, Istar, Estar, 'Astar, Ashtar
Iskur: God of storms, rain, and flood; both the life-giving and destructive aspects.; Other names: Iskur, Adad, Addu, Haddu
Istaran: God of justice. Patron God of the city-state of Der.; Other names: Istaran, Gusilim, Sataran, Satran
Lugalirra and Meslamtaea: Called the "Divine Twins", guardians of the entrance to the underworld. Associated with Nergal.; Other names: Lugalirra, Lugalira, Lugalgirra, Lugalerra; Meslamtae, Meslamtaea
Marduk: One of the most important Gods. Patron God of Babylon. His temple served as the model for the Tower of Babel.; Other names: Marduk, Martuk, Merodach, Mardochaios, Merodak, Marodak, Bel
Mother Goddess: Goddess of pregnancy, birth, and known as the creator of mankind. Not known by one name.; Other names: Ninmah, Nintu, Nintur, Nintud, Belet-ili, Beletili
Nabu: God of wisdom and writing. Patron God of the city of Borsippa. Appears in the Bible as Nebo.; Other names: Nabium, Nabu, Nabianu, Nebo
Namma: Mother Goddess who birthed all the cosmos and deities, Goddess of magic. Patroness of the city of Eridu. Later replaced by Tiamat.; Other names: Namma, Nammu
Nanna: God of the moon; Other names: Nanna (early Dynastic period), Su'en/Suen (Sumerian), Sin (Akkadian), Dilimbabbar (Sumerian)
Nergal: God of death, pestilence, and plague. Lord of the underworld.; Other names: Nergal, Nerigal
Nidaba: Goddess of grain and writing. Patroness of the city of Eres. Later replaced by Nabu.; Other names: Nisaba, Nissaba, Nidaba, Nanibgal, Nunbarsegunu
Ninazu: God of agriculture, war, and snakes. Lives in the underworld, but not an underworld "deity". Patron God of the cities of Enegi and Esnunna.; Other names: Ninazu, Nin-azu, Nin-asu
Ningiszida: God of vegetation and the underworld. Patron God of the town of Gidbanda.; Other names: Ningiszida, Ningizzida, Umunmuzzida, Niggissida, Nikkissida
Ninisinna: Goddess of healing. Patroness of the city of Isin.; Other names: Ninisinna, Ninisina, Nin-Isina
Ninlil: Goddess of unknown purpose. Wife of Enlil, later wife of Assur (no entry). Later replaced by Inanna.; Other names: Ninlil, Mulliltu, Mullissu, Mylitta, Mulitta
Ninsi'anna: God/Goddess of the planet of Venus. An aspect of Inanna.; Other names: Ninsi'anna, Ninsianna, Ninsi'ana, Ninsiana
Nunsumun: Divine Mother of King Gilgamesh. Wife of Lugalbanda, father of Gilgamesh.; Other names: Ninsun, Ninsuna, Ninsumun, Ninsumuna, Ninsumunak
Numusda: Son of Nanna. Patron God of the city of Kazallu.
Nuska: God of fire and light; Other names: Nuska (Sumerian), Nusku (Akkadian)
Pabilsag: God of unknown purpose. Patron God of the city of Larak. Husabnd of Gula.
Papsukkal: Deity serving higher Gods, usually An. Served as a minister to the Gods.
Sala: Wife of Iskur
Tasmetu: Goddess of wisdom and sexual attractiveness. Wife of Nabu.
Tiamat: Goddess of the sea, personification of the sea foam that created the Gods; Other names: Tiamat, Ti'amat, Thalatta
Utu: God of the sun, life, justice, divination, and the underworld; Other names: Utu, Samas, Samsi, Samsu
Zababa: God of battle. Patron God of the city of Kish. Husband of Baba and Inanna.