...as ''Lamashtu'' or ''Dimme'') was a demon goddess in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology.
In Mesopotamian mythology '''Lamashtu''' was a female [[demon]] that menaced women during childbirth
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In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva
===[[Akkadian mythology]]===
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In Akkadian mythology '''Humbaba''' (Assyrian spelling) or '''Huwawa''' (Babylonian) was a monstr
[[Category:Sumerian mythology]]
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==Comparative mythology==
...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.
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...rid bull man considered as a protective demon in Mesopotamian and Akkadian mythology.
The Sumerian word lama, which is rendered in Akkadian as lamassu, refers to a beneficien
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...name is taken from a goddess of the same name from ancient Mesopotamian [[mythology]] which is substantially different (and did not have multiple heads.
...of the few surviving gods of the Untheric pantheon (based on the Sumerian mythology), having battled [[Marduk]] in ages past, and also a member of the draconic
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...adian masculine [[Lilu]] or ''līlû'' shows no Nisba suffix and compares to Sumerian ''(kiskil-)lilla''.
==Akkadian mythology==
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...micon|Simon's Necronomicon]], which is a fiction based loosely on Sumerian mythology, among other things. ''Cthulhu'' is often preceded by the title ''Great'' o
...vid E. Schultz call the "anti-mythology" of Lovecraft's fiction. In most [[mythology|mythologies]], man's significance in the universe is validated by his conne
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...e intelligent, supernatural, or highly developed reptile-like humanoids in mythology, popular fiction, and speculative fringe theories. They also appear in some
In pre-columbian mythology from Colombia, ''Bachue'' (the primordial woman) transformed into a big sna
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..., and Adad are especially common. Dagan is mentioned occasionally in early Sumerian texts but becomes prominent only in later Akkadian inscriptions as a powerf
...ppearance of Phoenician literary texts, Dagon has practically no surviving mythology.
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...ecraft Mythos]] but instead was based on [[Mesopotamian mythology|Sumerian mythology]]. It was later dubbed the "[[Simon Necronomicon]]".
* [[Chaldean mythology]]
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...''') or ('''Bel'''), the sun god of the Ammonites in old Palestine and the Sumerian Baal. These various suggested equations combined with the popular solar the
[[Category: Biblical mythology]]
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...bastardized versions of Annunaki. This would equate the Nephilim with the Sumerian "demigods" such as Gilgamesh.
...ing attempts to reconcile mythology with science; many have theorized that mythology can and does contain grains of truth in the form of a highly distorted "fol
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...l Cronos replaced Ophion and Rhea replaced Eurynome. By the time classical mythology came around, Eurynome had shrunk to being one of Zeus' many loves (mother o
...escended; that is, the entire Middle East. For example, he compares her to Sumerian Iahu, “exalted dove”, which he believed became the name of Jehovah.
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...y]] and fantasy, [[Lilith]] and the [[Lilin]] (Jewish), [[Lilith|Lilitu]] (Sumerian) and [[Rusalka]] (Slavic) were succubi.
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...or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interp
...falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. The field of mythology does not use this definition.
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'''Jewish mythology''' is a body of stories that explains or symbolizes Jewish beliefs. ''Jewis
...ylon, Sumerian and Akkadia. This is discussed in the article on [[Biblical mythology]].
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...nt or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Mythology|Mythological]] creatures possessing some or most of the characteristics typ
...rse exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in [[Persian mythology]] and other cultures.
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