List of the Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Mesopotamians used to worship multiple deities as their god and goddesses. Some of them are very similar with the Vedic civilisation. Even it can be said that when the Mesopotamian- Sumerian people departed from their motherland Aryavarta , they carried with them Vedic god and godesses (Devata).
Mesopotamians used to worship multiple deities as their god and goddesses. Some of them are very similar with the Vedic civilisation. Even it can be said that when the Mesopotamian- Sumerian people departed from their motherland Aryavarta , they carried with them Vedic god and godesses (Devata). They had a sense of Supreme Deity in the line of Brahman also a chief deity like Vedic Indra. Gradually with the passing of time their god and goddesses evolved as per local ethos and political regimes.
- Adad
- An/Anu
- Anu
- Anšar and Kišar
- Anunna
- Anunnaki/Anunnaku
- Asalluhi
- Asarluhi
- Ašimbabbar
- Aššur
- Aya
- Baba
- Bau: see Baba
- Belet-ili
- Belet-á¹£eri
- Dagan
- Damu
- Dilimbabbar
- Dumuzi
- Ea
- Ellil
- Enki/Ea (Nudimmud)
- Enlil/Ellil (Nunamnir)
- Ereškigal
- Erra
- Geštinanna
- Girra
- Gula
- Haya
- Igigi/Igigu
- Inana/Ištar
- Iškur/Adad
- Ištar
- Ištaran
- Lugalerra
- Lugalgirra
- Lugalirra and Meslamtaea
- Marduk
- Meslamtaea
- Mother Goddess
- Mulliltu
- Mullissu
- Mylitta
- Nabu
- Nanaya
- Namma/Nammu
- Nanna/Suen/Sin (Dilimbabbar)
- Nergal
- Nidaba
- Ninazu
- Ningirsu
- Ningišzida
- Ninhursanga
- Ninisinna
- Ninkarrak
- Ninlil
- Ninmah
- Ninsi’anna
- Ninsumun
- Ninsun
- Ninšubur
- Nintud
- Nintur- Mother Goddess
- Ninurta
- Nisaba
- Nudimmud
- Numušda
- Nunamnir
- Nuska/Nusku
- Nusku
- Pabilsag
- Papsukkal
- Sin
- Suen
- Å ala
- Šamaš
- Å erida
- Tašmetu
- Tiamat
- Uttu
- Utu/Šamaš
- Zababa
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