Meet The Gods
Since there were thousands of gods in ancient Mesopotamia you may wonder what gods were actually important. Some of them were Adad, Anu, Apkallu Fish; Human; Griffin, Dumuzi, Ea, Ellil, Ereshkigal, Gula, Ishtar, Lama, Lamashtu, Marduk, Nabu, Mergal, Shamash, and Sin. These gods were said to control everything in their life. They created myths to explain what the gods did and their way of life.
Adad was the god of storms. |
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Ea was the god of fresh water, both drinking water and lakes. |
Ellil was such a powerful god that none of the other gods could even see him. He would showed up as horned cap. |