Mythology
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Abzu God: The Mysterious Ancient Deity That Resided Beneath the Earth
Abzu god was an ancient Mesopotamian water deity worshiped in Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. Abzu — also known as Apsu and Absu — initially represe...
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Amurru: The Unique Story of an Ancient Country and Its Mountain God
Amurru was the god of the Arabian immigrants, the Amorites, according to the ancient people of Mesopotamia. They settled in the adjoining lands of ...
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Ancient Persian Gods: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Deities
The ancient Persian gods are world-famous for their powers, huge following and stories. These gods, who are now considered a myth, were once the gu...
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Anzu Bird: Exploring an Ancient Mesopotamian Monster
Few non-divine characters are so pervasive across Mesopotamian mythology as the Anzu bird. For millennia, this part-lion-and-eagle demonic creature...
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Apkallu: The Legendary Sages Who Brought Divine Wisdom to the World
The Apkallu, whose nature and origin remain unclear, is often referred to in the clay tablets inscribed in the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopota...
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Ashur: How an Agricultural God Became the Supreme Deity of Assyria
Ashur was a local agricultural deity of the Assyrian city of Assur. Over the centuries he rose to become the supreme deity of the Assyrian empire. ...
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Atum: The First-ever God of Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Atum is known as the primary god in ancient Egyptian mythology . The god that was present when there was nothing else present, not even the physica...
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Babi: The Myth of the Egyptian God of Underworld and Virility
Babi was one of the most prominent deities that people worshipped at the time of the ancient civilization of Egypt. He was the god of the underworl...
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Bastet: How This Lion-headed Goddess Became a Cat-headed Deity
Bastet was the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats , beauty, love, entertainment and pleasure. Also known as Bast, she was originally a lion-headed go...
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Meet Dumuzid: The Ancient Mesopotamian God Who Died and Resurrected
Dumuzid, the god of shepherds and the husband of Inanna, was worshiped by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians thousands of years be...
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Egyptian Gods vs Greek Gods: The War of Ultimate Supremacy
Egyptian gods vs Greek gods is a debate that has been going on for quite some time now. The reasons for this debate are some unanswered questions, ...
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Egyptian Gods: Background, Roles, Depictions and Their Worship
The Egyptian gods were central to the lives of Ancient Egyptians, so they interpreted every event through the lenses of these Egyptian deities. The...