Abgal

Seven wise-men and the attending deities of the god Enki.

Adrammelech

Babylonian god (possibly of the sun) to whom babies were burned in sacrifice.

Aja

Babylonian sun goddess.

Akkan

Four Saami goddesses who overseeconception, birth and destiny.

Alauwaimis

Demon which drives away evil sickness.

Ama-arhus

Babylonian and Akkadian fertility goddess.

Amurru

Akkadian god of mountains and nomads.

An

Summerian god of heaven.

Anatu

Goddess of the earth and sky.

Antu

Summerian goddess of creation. Later replaced by Ishtar.

Anu

Summerian and Babylonian god of the sky, father of the gods and most powerful deity of the pantheon.

Anunitu

Babylonian goddess of the moon. She was later merged with Ishtar.

Apsu

Summerian and Akkadian god of the primordial sweet waters - as opposed to the primordial bitter waters of Chaos.

Arazu

Babylonian god of completed construction.

Aruru

Babylonian goddess of creation.

Ashnan

Summerian goddess of grain.

Aya

Goddess of dawn.

Baal

God of the sun and crop fertility, widely venerated throughout the Fertile Crescent and the Middle East.

Baba

Tutelary goddess of the kings of Sumer, and a goddess of motherhood and healing.

Babbar

Sumerian sun god. Equatedwith the Babylonian Shamash.

Belet-Ili

Summerian goddess of the womb.

Beletseri

Akkadian 'clerk' of the Underworld, who kept records of human activities so that she could advise on their final judgment after death. She is called Queen of the Desert.

Dagon

vegetation and fertility god.

Damgalnunna

Mother goddess.

Dumuzi

Summerian form of Tammuz, a god of vegetation, fertility and the Underworld. Possibly the husband of Inanna.

Ea

Summerian and Babylonian god of sweet waters, he is the patron of wisdom, magic and medical science.

Ebeh

Summerian mountain god.

Ellil

Akkadian form of the god Enlil. God of wind and earth.

Enmesarra

God of the underworld and the lord of mes - the power underlying society and civilization.

Ennugi

God of irrigation and canals.

Ereshkigal

Summerian and Akkadian goddess of the dead. She is dark and violent, and possibly was once a sky goddess.

Erra

God of war, death and other disasters.

Gibil

Summerian god of light and fire.

Girru

Akkadian god of light and fire. He is the messenger of the gods.

Gula

Summerian goddess of healing.

Humbaba

God of the cedar forest.

Inanna

The most important of the Summerian divinities, she is the goddess of love, fertility and war. Her symbol is the eight-pointed star.

Irkalla

See Ereshkigal.

Isara

Goddess of oaths and queen of judgment.

Ishkhara

Babylonian goddess of love.

Ishkur

Summerian god of storms and rain.

Ishtar

Violent Summerian and Babylonian goddess of love and fertility. She had a habit of attracting lovers and then killing or maiming them.

Kaksisa

God of the star Sirius.

Ki

Goddess of the earth.

Kulitta

Goddess of music.

Kulla

The Babylonian god who restores temples.

Kusag

God who is high priest of the gods, the patron od priests in Babylonia.

Lahar

Summerian god of cattle and sheep.

Lamastu

Demon who causes fever and childhood diseases.

Mama

Mother goddess.

Mamitu

Akkadian goddess of fate and judgment in the Underworld.

Mammetu

Babylonian goddess of fate and destiny.

Marduk

God of thunderstorms, fertility, and the supreme leader of the gods after defeating Tiamat. Later known as Bel or Baal.

Martu

God of destruction by storms and of the steppes.

Mummu

Summerian and Babylonian god of craftsmen and technical skill.

Mylitta

Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of fertility and childbirth.

Nabu

Summerian and Babylonian god of knowledge, writing, and scribe of the gods.

Nammu

Summerian goddess of the sea.

Namtar

God of the Summerian underworld and the bringer of disease and pestilence to humans.

Nanaja

Summerian and Akkadian goddess of sex and war.

Nanna

Summerian god of the moon. Equivalent to Babylonian god Sin.

Nanshe

Goddess of fertility and water, she was the patron of dreams and prophecy.

Nergal

Evil god of the underworld who brings sickness, fear and war on mankind. He is the consort of the death-goddess Ereshkigal.

Nidaba

Summerian goddess of learning.

Nin-agal

God of smiths.

Ninatta

Goddess of music.

Ninazu

Babylonian god of magic incantations.

Ninedinna

Babylonian goddess of the books of the dead.

Ningirsu

Summerian and Babylonian god of rain, fertility and irrigation.

Ningizzida

God of healing and magic. Sometimes pictured as a serpent with a human head.

Ninhursag

See Ki.

Ninkarrak

Goddess of healing.

Ninkasi

Summerian goddess of intoxicating drinks, and beer in particular.

Ninlil

Goddess of heaven and earth, known as the wind.

Nintur

Akkadian goddess of birth.

Ninurta

God of rain, fertility, thunderstorms, the plow, floods, wells, and the south wind.

Nisaba

Babylonian and Summerian goddess of grain and learning.

Nusku

Summerian god of light and fire.

Papsukkel

Minister and messenger of the Summerian gods.

Rimmon

Babylonian god of storms.

Salbatanu

God of the planet Mars.

Samuqan

God of cattle.

Sataran

Divine judge and healer.

Shamash

Summerian god of the sun, judge and law-giver of the people. He is the husband of Ishtar.

Shulpae

God of feasting.

Shutu

God of illness and the South Wind.

Sibzianna

Summerian god of the star Orion.

Siduri

Goddess of wine-making and brewing.

Sin

Summerian god of the moon, the calendar, and the fixed seasons.

Sulpa'e

God of fertility, wild animals and the planet Jupiter.

Tammuz

Akkadian vegetation god and the symbol of death and rebirth in nature. The 'corn king' of Wiccan worship.

Tiamat

Dragon-goddess of the primordial waters of Chaos, seen as a great salt sea. Also the enemy of the gods.

Umunmutamku

Babylonian deiety who presents offerings to the gods after they have been made by humans.

Uttu

Summerian spider-goddess of weaving and clothing.

Zakar

Babylonian god of dreams as messages from the gods.