semitic deity

Noun
  1. A deity worshipped by the ancient Semites (synset 109537037)
    referred to in: antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
    is a type of: deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
    subtypes:
    • anunnaki, enuki - any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods
    • lilith - in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children
    specific instances:
    • adad - Babylonian god of storms and wind
    • adapa - a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)
    • anshar - the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'
    • antum - Babylonian consort of Anu
    • anu - Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea
    • apsu - father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
    • aruru - mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag
    • ashir, ashur - chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
    • ashtoreth, astarte - an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar
    • ishtar, mylitta - Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
    • baal - any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god
    • bel - Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
    • dagon - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
    • dagan - god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
    • damgalnunna, damkina - (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk
    • dumuzi, tammuz - Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna
    • ea - the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element
    • enki - water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea
    • en-lil, enlil - god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods
    • eresh-kigal, ereshkigal, ereshkigel - goddess of death and consort of Nergal
    • girru - the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery
    • gula - the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta
    • igigi - any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu
    • inanna - consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz)
    • ki - goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru
    • kishar - Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world'
    • mama - a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
    • baal merodach, bel-merodach, marduk, merodach - the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu
    • molech, moloch - god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
    • nabu, nebo - Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools
    • nammu - goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth
    • namtar, namtaru - a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
    • nanna - god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
    • nergal - (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead
    • nina - the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
    • ningal - (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin
    • ningirsu - Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture
    • ningishzida - an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine
    • ninhursag, ninkharsag, ninkhursag - the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
    • nintoo, nintu - a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
    • ninib, ninurta - a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
    • nusku - god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru
    • ramman - god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad
    • sarpanitu, zarpanit, zirbanit - consort of Marduk
    • shamash - the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
    • sin - (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
    • tashmit, tashmitum - consort of Nabu
    • tiamat - (Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu
    • utnapishtim - favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal
    • utu, utug - sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash
    • zu, zubird - evil storm god represented as a black bird

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