Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Babylon

BABYLONIAN

Adad(Hadad, Ishkur)
     Sunlight (Benign, Intermediate) Great God of Storms; Rain;
     Lightning; Oracle-Giver

Allatu
     Lesser Goddess of Copulation; Wife of Nergal

Anshar(Kinshar)
     Sunlight (Benign, Intermediate) Greater God of the
     Sky/Heaven; Father of Anu; Son of Apsu and Tiamat

Antu(Antum)
     Shadowy Darkness(?) (Malign, Intermediate) Greater Goddess
     of the Aerth; Mother of the ANUNNAKI, UTUKKI, and Ishtar;
     One time consort of Anu

Anu(An)
     Moonlight (Agathocacological, Ordered) Greater God of the
     Sky/Heaven; Patron of the Aristocracy; Contemptous and
     unsympathetic towards commoners; Priest (and anyone else
     invoking Anu as their Deity) would likely need 7 or higher
     SEC in order to be heard? Likewise I would suggest such
     individuals would mirror their deities views and be lofty,
     arrogant, contemptuous of the common-folk; A King of the
     IGIGI; Father of the the ANUNNAKI, SEBITTI, and Adad, Gerra,
     Ellil, Ishtar, and Sharra; Son of Anshar; Consort of Antu
     and Ishtar

ANUNNAKI
     Grouping of Gods of the AErth/Underworld; The Children of
     Anu and Antu; Generally considered to hold dominion to over
     the IGIGI

Apsu
     Shadowy Darkness (Agathocacological, Intermediate) Greatest
     God of Oceans; Wisdom; Progenitor of Pantheon along with
     Tiamat; Father of Anshar; Consort of Tiamat; Plotted to kill
     the younger gods; (Killed by Ea in Earth Mythology)

Atrahasis
     Potency "The Wisest" warned of the Deluge and taught the
     secret of immortality by Ea

Aya
     Demigoddess of the Dawn; Wife of Shamash

Belet Ili(Ninhursag, Mammi)
     Balance (Agathocacological, Intermediate) Major Goddess of
     Birth; Motherhood; Fate and Destiny; "Mistress of the Gods";
     Mother of Ninurta and Mankind
     Belet-seri(Ninedinna)
Demigoddess; Scribe of the Underworld; Record-keeper of the Dead

Birdu
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Intermediate) Minor God of Pimples;
     Boils; Festering Wounds; The Underworld; Attendent to
     Nergal; Husband of Manungal

Bull-Man(Kusarikku)
     Potency; One of Kingu's minions slain by Marduk

Bull of Heaven
     Potency; Created and Commanded by Anu; Spittle Capable of
     blinding an individual; Slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu

Dagon(Dagon)
     Moonlight (Agathocacological, Ordered) Lesser God of Grain;
     Fertility; The Underworld; Attendant of Anu

DEMONS
     Evil supernatural beings of varying degrees powers and
     varying natures; Some examples are listed below

          Some General Types of Demons:
          ALU - Nightmare Demons
         GALLU - Shape-changing "Police" of the underworld
         SEBITTI - The Seven who ride to battle under Nergal
               SURUPPU - Disease-demons
          UGALLU - Lion-demons
          UMU - Storm-demons

     Some Individual Demons by Name:
          Bel Uri "Lord of the Roof"
          Bennu "Fits"
          Idiptu "Wind"
          Lamashtu "She Who Erases"
          Libu "Scab"
          Mimma Lemnu "Something Evil"
          Miqut "Stroke"
          Muttabriqu "Flashes of Lightning"
          Rabishu "The Croucher"
          Sarabda "Bailiff"
          Sidana "Staggers"
          Tirid "Expulsion"
          Umma "Feverhot"
          Saghulhaza "Upholder of Evil"

Ea(Enki)
     Balance (Benign, Ordered) Greater God of Waters; Wisdom;
     Magic; Patron of Crafts and Craftsmen; One of the ANUNNAKI;
     (Killed Apsu when he found out about his plan to kill the
     younger Gods); Father of Nash; Son of Anu and Antu

Ellil(Enlil, Duranki)
     Shadowy Darkness (Agathocacological,
     Chaotic
     )
         Greater God of Storms; Wind; The Underworld; A King among
     the ANUNNAKI; Keeper of the Tablet of Destinies; Father of
     Sin; Son of Anu and Antu; Consort of Mulliltu

Enkidu
     Potency; Wild-man of the Forest; Created by Belet Ili at
     Anu's Command to serve as rival to Gilgamesh; Seduced by a
     servant of Ishtar; Befriends Gilgamesh after a wrestling
     match; Together they slew the Humbaba and the Bull of
     Heaven; Blinded by the spittle of the Bull of Heaven; The
     Gods punish him with death for his part in killing Humbaba
     and the Bull of Heaven

Ereshkigal(Nintu)
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Great Goddess of the the
     Dead in the Underworld; Mother of Ninazu; Sister of Ishtar;
     Wife of Nergal; Consort of Shulpae

Gerra(Gira)
     Shadowy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Lesser God of Fire;
     Associated (along with Gibil and Nusku) with warding against
     Witchcraeft; Son of Antu

Gibil
     Balance (Benign, Chaotic) Minor God of Fire; Associated
     (along with Gerra and Nusku) with warding against
     Witchcraeft

Gilgamesh
     Potency; Priest-King of Shamash; Not Immortal; "Monster
     Slayer"; Companion of Enkidu; Son of King Lugalbanda and
     Ninsun; 2/3 Divine (However not Immortal) 1/3 Human; Slew
     the Bull of Heaven and Humbaba

Humbaba(Humwawa)
     Potency; Protector of the Forest; Servant of Ellil;
     Described as a Fire-Breathing monster with a face ringed by
     Coiled Intestines; Slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu

IGIGI
     Grouping of Gods of the Sky/Heaven; Subservient to the
     ANUNNAKI; Man was created to alleviate the burdens placed
     upon these gods by the ANUNNAKI

Irra
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Ordered) Lesser God of Plagues; the
     Underworld; attendant of Nergal's

Ishhara
     Moonlight (Benign, Ordered) Minor Goddess of Marriage and
     Childbirth; Punisher of Oath-breakers

Ishtar(Inanna)
     Shadowy Darkness (Agathocacological,
     Chaotic
     )
         Major Goddess of Love; Fertility; War; The Sky; one of the
     IGIGI; Daughter of Anu and Antu; Sister of Ereshkigal;
     Consort of Anu and Tammuz

Ishum
     Shadowy Darkness (Agathocacological, Ordered) Lesser God of
     Fire; War; Advisor of Erra and Marduk

Kakka
     Major God; Vizier of both Anshar and Anu

Kingu(Quingu)
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Great God of War; Champion
     of Tiamat; Killed by Marduk in Tiamat's War against the
     younger gods

Kullitta
     Moonlight (Benign, Intermediate) Demigoddess of Music;
     Attendant to Ishtar; Associated with Ninatta

Lamashtu
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Major Demon-Goddess of
     Forgetfulness; Atrophe; Stagnation; Decay; Entropy; "She Who
     Erases"

Manungal
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Ordered) Demigoddess of Death; The
     Underworld; "The Snatcher"; Collector of Souls; Comparable
     to the Grim Reaper; Wife of Birdu

Marduk(Bel, Baal, and 50+ other names)
     Moonlight (Agathocacological, Ordered) Greater God of Law;
     Justice; Assumed head of pantheon after defeating Tiamat's
     champion Kingu; A King among the IGIGI

Mulliltu(Mullita, Ninlil)
     Balance (Agathocacological, Chaotic) Minor Goddess of
     Sailors; Mother of Sin; Consort of Ellil

Mummu
     Shadowy Darkness (Agathocacological, Intermediate) Minor God
     of Craftsman; Currently Ea's Assistant; (Former vizier of
     Apsu, whom he plotted with to kill the younger Gods)

Nabu(Nebo)
     Sunlight (Benign, Odered) Major God of Wisdom; Language;
     Speech; Writing;

Nammu
     Sunlight (Benign, Intermediate) Demigoddess of Fresh Water

Nash(Nanshe)
     Sunlight (Benign, Ordered) Demigoddess of Fresh Water;
     Daughter of Ea

     Nergal(Erra)
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Intermediate) Major Demon-God of
     Hunting; War; Plagues; Death and the Dead; "Lord Who Prowls
     By Night"; The Demon King; A King among the ANUNNAKI; Father
     of Ninazu and the SEBITTI; Husband of Allatu and Ereshkigal

Nikkal(Ningal)
     Minor Goddess; Mother of Shamash; Consort of Sin

Nin-agal
     Balance (Agathocacological, Ordered) Minor God of Smiths;
     Metal-working; "Lord of the Strong Arm"

Ninatta
     Moonlight (Benign, Intermediate) Demigoddess of Music;
     Attendant to Ishtar; Associated with Kulitta

Ninazu
     Balance (Agathocacological, Ordered) Great God of Magic;
     Father of Nin-gishzida; Son of Ereshkigal and Nergal

Nin-Gishzida(Gishzida, Gizzida, Gishbanda)
     Balance (Benign, Ordered) Lesser God of the Forest;
     Doorwarden of Heaven for Anu; Son of Ninazu

Ninildu
     Sunlight (Benign, Ordered) Demigod of Carpenters

Ninkarak
     Sunlight (Benign, Intermediate) Lesser Goddess of Healing

Ninsun
     Quasi-Deity; "Lady Wild Cow"; Mother of Gilgamesh

Ninurta(Ningrisu, Nin-gursu, Nimrud, Enurta)
     Shadowy Darkness (Benign, Chaotic) Minor God of War;
     Vegetation; Fertility; Hunting; Copper and Coppersmithing;
     Champion of the Ellil; Defeated Zu and recovered the Tablet
     of Destinies; Son of Belet Ili

Nusku
     Sunlight (Benign, Ordered) Minor God of Light; Fire;
     Associated (along with Gerra and Gibil) with warding against
     Witchcraeft

Panigara(Pap-nigin-gara)
     Demigod Warrior; "Lord of the Boundary Stone"

Papsukkal
     Balance (Agothocaclogical, Intermediate) Lesser God; Ea's
     Vizier
     Pazuzu
Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Minor Demon-God of the
Southwest Winds; Associate of Shutu

Scorpion-man(Aqrabuamelu, Girtablilu)
     Potency; Guardians of the gate to the Underworld; Gaze
     purportedly causes death

SEBITTI(UTUKKI)
     Seven Quasi-Deital Warrior-Demons who serve Nergal in
     battle; "The Seven"; Offspring of Anu and Antu

Shakkan(Sumuqan, Amakandu, Shahan)
     Balance (Benign, Intermediate) Minor God of Cattle; Patron
     of Herdsman

Shamash(Utu)
     Sunlight (Benign, Ordered) Major God of the Sun; Law; Truth;
     Justice; The Underworld; Son of Sin and Nikkal; Husband of
     Aya

Shullat
     Sunlight (Benign, Ordered) Demigod of the Sun; Attendant of
     Shammash

Shulpae
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Great Demon-God of
     Infertility; Death; Hatred; Murder; Consort of Ereshkigal

Shutu
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Intermediate) Minor Demon-God of
     Illness; Southern Wind; Associate of Pazuzu

Sin(Nannar)
     Balance (Agathocacological, Ordered) Lesser God of the Moon;
     Vegetation; Calendars; Father of Shamash; Son of Mulliltu
     and Ellil; Consort of Nikkal

Silili
     Potency; Matriach of all Equines

Sirsir
     Boatman Demigod; Patron of Sailors

Tablet of Destinies
     Potent Artifact; Clay tablet upon which all fates are
     inscribed; Gives ultimate power to whomever possesses it.

Tammuz(Dumuzi)
     Moonlight (Benign, Intermediate) Minor God of Spring; Flora;
     Fauna; Grain; His life was given in exchange for Ishtar's,
     Must spend half the year in the underworld; His return
     heralds the coming of Spring; Consort of Ishtar

Tiamat
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Greatest Goddess of Chaos;
     the Skies; the AErth; Progenitor of Pantheon along with
     Apsu; Mother of Anshar; Consort of Apsu; Waged war against
     the younger gods when Apsu was slain; (Killed by Marduk as
     part of Creation Myth in Earth Mythology)

Ukur
     Gloomy Darkness (Malign, Ordered) Minor Demon-God of the
     Underworld; A vizier to Nergal

Winged Bull
     Potency; Supernatural beasts that sometimes servings as
     mounts for Gods

Zababa
     Shadowy Darkness (Agathocacological, Chaotic) Quasi-Deital
     Warrior-God

Zakar(Dzakar)
     Balance (Agathocacological, Intermediate) Lesser God of
     Dreams

Zu(Anzu,Azzu)
     Shadowy Darkness (Malign, Chaotic) Minor God in the form of
     a Lion-headed Eagle; Thief of the Tablet of Destinies; Slain
     by Ninurta in his attempts to recover the Tablet

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