User:SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits/List of Sumerian cults

Cosmology[edit]

Realm		Placement	Inhabitants	Ruler
Totality 𒆠𒊹 ki.šar₂	An 𒀭 an	Heaven 𒀭 an	Gods 𒀭𒀀𒉣𒈾 ^da.nun.na	Enki 𒀭𒂗𒆠 ^den.ki
	Ki 𒆠 ki	Earth 𒈠 ma	People 𒂟 erin₂	Uras 𒀭𒅁 ^duraš
	Kur 𒆳 kur	Netherworld 𒀭𒅕𒆗𒆷 ^dir.kal.la	Ghosts 𒄇 gidim + Demons 𒋼𒇲 gal₅.la₂	Ereshkigal 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲 ^dereš.ki.gal
	Abzu 𒍪𒀊 abzu	Primeval sea 𒇉 engur		Nammu 𒀭𒇉 ^dnammu

List[edit]

Deity	Temple	District	Ziggurat	City	Personification	Plane	Position
Abzu^[a]	Eabzu^[b]			Eridu^[c]	Cosmic ocean		Primordial deities
Nammu^[d]					Motherhood	Cosmic ocean
Ki^[e]					Earth	Earth
An^[f]	Eanna^[g]	Anu district	Anu ziggurat	Uruk^[h]	Sky	Heaven
Inanna^[i]	Eanna^[g]	Eanna district^[j]			Venus		Three sky gods
	Ekugnuna^[k]				Love
	Esara^[l]			Zabala^[m]	Light

Seven gods who decree[edit]

Four primary gods[edit]

Deity	Celestial body	Personifies	Dates of worship
Ninhursag 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄯𒊕 ^dnin.ḫur.saŋ		Fertility	c. 3000 – c. 500 BCE

Divine triad[edit]

Deity	Celestial body	Personifies	Dates of worship
Enlil 𒀭𒂗𒆤 ^den.lil₂		Air	c. 3400 – c. 30 BCE
Enki 𒀭𒂗𒆠 ^den.ki	Mercury	Creation Water Knowledge	c. 2500 – c. 600 BCE

King of the gods[edit]

Deity	Celestial body	Personifies	Dates of worship
An 𒀭 an	Uranus or Saturn	Sky	c. 4000 – c. 30 BCE

Three sky gods[edit]

Deity	Celestial body	Personifies	Dates of worship
Inanna 𒀭𒈹 ^dinana	Venus	Love Beauty Justice War	c. 4000 – c. 30 BCE
Utu 𒀭𒌓 ^dutu	Sun	Sun	c. 3500 – c. 30 BCE
Nannar 𒀭𒋀𒆠 ^dnanna	Moon	Moon	c. 2600 BCE – c. 300 CE

Other gods[edit]

Deity	Celestial body	Personifies	Dates of worship
Nergal 𒀭𒆧𒀕𒀕 ^dnergalₓ(kiš.ab^g)	Mars	Death	c. 2600 – c. 500 BCE
Marduk 𒀭𒀫𒌓 ^damar.ud	Jupiter	Vegetation	c. 2600 – c. 500 BCE
Ereshkigal 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲 ^dereš.ki.gal		Chthonic	c. 2500 – c. 600 BCE
Ninurta 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁 ^dnin.urta		Hunting	c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Ishkur 𒀭𒅎 ^diškur		Weather	c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Meslamta-ea 𒀭𒈩𒇴𒋫𒌓𒁺 ^dmes.lam.ta.e₃		Divine twins	c. 2600 – c. 600 BCE
Bau 𒀭𒁀𒌑 ^dba.u₂		Health	c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Gibil 𒀭𒄀𒉈 ^dgi.bil		Fire	c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Pabilsaĝ 𒀭𒉺𒄑𒉋𒊕 ^dpa.bil₃.saŋ			c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Ninegal 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒂍𒃲 ^dnin.e₂.gal			c. 2600 – c. 500 BCE
Ištaran 𒀭𒅗𒁲 ^dištaran			c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Nintinugga 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒁷?𒂵 ^dnin.tin.ugₓ(ezenₓḫal).ga			c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Shara 𒀭𒇋 ^dšara₂			c. 2600 – c. 700 BCE
Ninlil 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆤 ^dnin.lil₂			c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Ninazu 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒀀𒍫 ^dnin.a.zu₅			c. 2600 – c. 600 BCE
Lisin 𒀭𒉈𒋜 ^dli₉.si₄			c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Nin-gublaga 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒂯 ^dnin.gublaga			c. 2600 – c. 600 BCE
Lugal-Urub 𒀭𒈗𒌾 ^dlugal.urub			c. 2500 – c. 1900 BCE

Posthumously deified rulers of Sumer[edit]

Deity	Celestial body	Personifies	Dates of worship
Lugalbanda 𒀭𒈗𒌉𒁕 ^dlugal.banda₃^da			c. 2600 – c. 30 BCE
Ama-ušumgal-ana 𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ^dama.ušumgal			c. 2600 – c. 1300 BCE
Gilgamesh 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒈩 ^dgilgameš₄			c. 2600 – c. 1900 BCE

Places of worship[edit]


Ancient name 𒆠 ki	Religious precinct 𒂍 e₂	Tutelary deity 𒀭 diŋir
Eridu 𒉣𒆠 eridug^ki	Eabzu 𒂍𒍪𒀊 e₂.abzu	Enki 𒀭𒂗𒆠 ^den.ki
Kuara 𒀀𒄩𒆠 kuara₂^ki	Irkalla 𒀭𒅕𒆗𒆷 ^dir.kal.la	Nergal 𒀭𒆧𒀕𒀕 ^dnergalₓ(kiš.ab^g)
Ur 𒋀𒀕𒆠 urim₂^ki	Ekishnugal 𒂍𒆧𒉡𒅅 e₂.kiš.nu.ŋal₂	Nannar 𒀭𒋀𒆠 ^dnanna
Larsa 𒌓𒀕𒆠 larsam^ki	Ebabbar 𒂍𒌓𒌓 e₂.babbar₂	Utu 𒀭𒌓 ^dutu
Uruk 𒀕𒆠 unug^ki	Eanna 𒂍𒀭𒈾 e₂.an.na	An 𒀭 an
Bad-tibira 𒂦𒁾𒉄𒆠 bad₃.tibira^ki	Emushkalama 𒂍𒈹𒌦𒈠 e₂.muš₃.kalam.ma	Lulal 𒀭𒇽𒋭 ^dlu₂.lal₃
Lagash 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 lagaš^ki	E-engura 𒂍𒇉𒊏 e₂.engur.ra	Nanshe 𒀭𒀏 ^dnanše
Girsu 𒄈𒋢𒆠 ŋir₂.su^ki	Eninnu 𒂍𒐐 e₂.ninnu	Ningirsu 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁 ^dnin.urta
Umma 𒄑𒆵𒆠 umma^ki	Ebursigsig 𒂍𒁓𒅊𒅊 e₂.bur.sig₇.sig₇	Shara 𒀭𒇋 ^dšara₂
Zabala 𒀊𒈹 zabala₆^ki	Esara 𒂍𒊬 e₂.šar	Inanna 𒀭𒈹 ^dinana
Nippur 𒂗𒆤𒆠 nibru^ki	Ekur 𒂍𒆳 e₂.kur	Enlil 𒀭𒂗𒆤 ^den.lil₂
Shuruppak 𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠 šuruppag^ki	Edimgalanna 𒂍𒁴𒃲𒀭𒈾 e₂.dim.gal.an.na	Ninlil 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆤 ^dnin.lil₂
Marad 𒀫𒁕𒆠 marad.da^ki	Eigikalamma 𒂍𒁴𒃲𒌦𒈠 e₂.dim.gal.kalam.ma	Lugal-Marad 𒀭𒈗𒀫𒁕 ^dlugal.marad.da
Adab 𒌓𒉣𒆠 adab^ki	Emah 𒂍𒈤 e₂.maḫ	Ninhursag 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄯𒊕 ^dnin.ḫur.saŋ
Isin 𒅔𒆠 isin₂^ki	Eshegmeshedu 𒂍𒋞𒈨𒂠𒌌 e₂.šeg₁₂.me.še₃.du₇	Nintinugga 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒁷?𒂵 ^dnin.tin.ugₓ(ezenₓḫal).ga
Larak 𒆷𒊏𒀝𒆠 la.ra.ag^ki		Pabilsaĝ 𒀭𒉺𒄑𒉋𒊕 ^dpa.bil₃.saŋ
Kish 𒆧𒆠 kiš^ki	Edub 𒂍𒁾 e₂-dub	Zababa 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 ^dza.ba₄.ba₄
Sippar 𒌓𒄒𒉣𒆠 zimbir^ki	Egalmah 𒂍𒃲𒈤 e₂.gal.maḫ	Gula 𒀭𒄘𒇲 ^dgu₂.la₂
Akkad 𒀀𒂵𒉈𒆠 a.ga.de₃^ki	Emush 𒂍𒈹 e.muš	Ama-ušumgal-ana 𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ^dama.ušumgal
Tutub 𒌅𒌅𒌒𒁀𒆠 tu.tu.ub.ba^ki		Mami 𒀭𒈠𒈪 ^dma.mi
Eshnunna 𒀊𒉣𒈾𒆠 eš₃.nun.na^ki	Esikil 𒂍𒂖 e₂.sikil	Ninazu 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒀀𒍫 ^dnin.a.zu₅
Durum 𒂦𒆠 durum^ki		Ninshubur 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒋚 ^dnin.šubur
Irikug 𒌷𒆬 iri.kug^ki		Bau 𒀭𒁀𒌑 ^dba.u₂
Karkar 𒅎𒆠 karkar^ki		Ishkur 𒀭𒅎 ^diškur

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Abzu (Sumerian: 𒍪 𒀊, romanized: abzu; transliterated: abzu) may have fl. c. 5500 – c. 2600 BCE.
^ Eabzu (Sumerian: 𒂍𒍪𒀊, romanized: eabzu; transliterated: e₂.abzu) may have been constructed and expanded upon from c. 5300 – c. 3800 BCE.
^ Eridu (Sumerian: 𒉣 𒆠, romanized: eridu; transliterated:≤ eridug^ki) may have fl. c. 5400 BCE until abandoned c. 4200 – c. 3700 BCE and occupied again from c. 2900 – c. 500 BCE.
^ Sumerian: 𒀭 𒇉, romanized: nammu; transliterated: ^dnammu
^ Sumerian: 𒆠, romanized: ki; transliterated: ki
^ Sumerian: 𒀭, romanized: an; transliterated: an
^ Sumerian: 𒂍 𒀭 𒈾, romanized: eanna; transliterated: e₂.an.na
^ Sumerian: 𒀕 𒆠, romanized: uruk; transliterated: unug^ki
^ Sumerian: 𒀭 𒈹, romanized: inanna; transliterated: ^dinana
^ Sumerian: 𒂍 𒀭 𒈾, romanized: eanna; transliterated: e₂.an.na
^ Sumerian: 𒂍𒆬𒉣𒈾, romanized: ekugnuna; transliterated: e₂.kug.nun.na
^ Sumerian: 𒂍 𒊬, romanized: esara; transliterated: e₂.šar
^ Sumerian: 𒀊 𒈹, romanized: esara; transliterated: zabala₆^ki

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[1] Abzu (Sumerian: 𒍪 𒀊, romanized: abzu; transliterated: abzu) may have fl. c. 5500 – c. 2600 BCE.

[2] Eabzu (Sumerian: 𒂍𒍪𒀊, romanized: eabzu; transliterated: e₂.abzu) may have been constructed and expanded upon from c. 5300 – c. 3800 BCE.

[3] Eridu (Sumerian: 𒉣 𒆠, romanized: eridu; transliterated:≤ eridug^ki) may have fl. c. 5400 BCE until abandoned c. 4200 – c. 3700 BCE and occupied again from c. 2900 – c. 500 BCE.

[4] Sumerian: 𒀭 𒇉, romanized: nammu; transliterated: ^dnammu

[5] Sumerian: 𒆠, romanized: ki; transliterated: ki

[6] Sumerian: 𒀭, romanized: an; transliterated: an

[7] Sumerian: 𒂍 𒀭 𒈾, romanized: eanna; transliterated: e₂.an.na

[8] Sumerian: 𒀕 𒆠, romanized: uruk; transliterated: unug^ki

[9] Sumerian: 𒀭 𒈹, romanized: inanna; transliterated: ^dinana

[10] Sumerian: 𒂍 𒀭 𒈾, romanized: eanna; transliterated: e₂.an.na

[11] Sumerian: 𒂍𒆬𒉣𒈾, romanized: ekugnuna; transliterated: e₂.kug.nun.na

[12] Sumerian: 𒂍 𒊬, romanized: esara; transliterated: e₂.šar

[13] Sumerian: 𒀊 𒈹, romanized: esara; transliterated: zabala₆^ki

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Cosmology[edit]

List[edit]

Seven gods who decree[edit]

Four primary gods[edit]

Divine triad[edit]

King of the gods[edit]

Three sky gods[edit]

Other gods[edit]

Posthumously deified rulers of Sumer[edit]

Places of worship[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

Citations[edit]

Sources[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

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