Ma (myth)

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Mesopotamia
Levantine myth
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Yazidic religion
Mesopotamian mythology
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Gods

  • Anu & 7 who decree fate
  • Ishtar & astrology
  • Tiamat & Tablets of Destiny
  • Annunaki & fiction
  • Marduk & Babylon

Heroes

  • Utnapishtim & world-flood
  • Tammuz & new life
  • Gilgamesh & Cedar Forest
  • Enkidu, the man-beast

Monsters

  • Zu, the winged lion
  • Qingu, mankind's blood
  • Resheph, plague and war
  • Namtar, deadly illness

Related

  • Me, divine decrees
  • Ma, primeval land
  • Irkalla, the underworld
  • Mesopotamian religion
  • The Fertile Crescent

Ma is a Sumerian word meaning "land" that in Sumerian mythology was also used to design the primeval land.


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