Anu - God of the sky (all living animals)
Enlil - God of wind and earth
Enki - God of water and wisdom
Nergal - God of death and disease
Shamash - God of the sun and justice
Marduk - God of creation and patron deity of Babylon
Ea - God of wisdom and magic
Ninurta - God of agriculture and hunting
Adad - God of storms and rain
Ashur - God of Assyria and patron deity of the Assyrian Empire
Baal - God of storms and fertility (worshiped in some Mesopotamian cultures)
Anshar - God of the horizon and father of Anu
Dagan - God of agriculture, fertility, and the earth
Nanna - God of the moon and wisdom
Utu - God of the sun and justice
Lahmu and Lahamu - Primordial gods of the abyss and parents of Anshar and Kishar
Nabu - God of wisdom, writing, and scribes
Papsukkal - Messenger god and attendant of the gods
Shara - God of war and hunting
Sin - God of the moon and wisdom (worshiped in some Mesopotamian cultures)
Dumuzid - God of vegetation, fertility, and the underworld
Namtar - God of death and fate
Shulgi - God of justice and patron deity of the city of Ur
Teshub - God of storms and weather (worshiped in some Mesopotamian cultures)
Zababa - God of war and patron deity of the city of Kish
Girra - God of fire and metalworking
Kalkal - God of agriculture and irrigation
Kuski-banda - God of healing and divination
Ninazu - God of the underworld and healing
Ningizzida - God of fertility, healing, and magic
Nusku - God of fire, light, and the hearth
Tammuz - God of vegetation, agriculture, and shepherds
Enbilulu - God of rivers and canals
Shara - God of war, hunting, and archery
Utnapishtim - Human who was granted immortality by the gods and survived the Great Flood
Bel - God of the earth, fertility, and crops
Khepri - God of creation and the sunrise (worshiped in some Mesopotamian cultures)
Uras - God of justice and the city of Nippur
Ziusudra - Human hero who survived the Great Flood and was granted immortality by the gods
Ellil - God of the sky, wind, and earth
Ishkur - God of thunderstorms and rain
Martu - God of the west and the desert
Ninazu - God of the underworld and healing
Ninti - Goddess of life, childbirth, and the rib (in some versions of Mesopotamian myth, Ninti was created by the god Enki to heal the god of the sky, Anu, after he was injured)
Ninurta - God of agriculture, hunting, and war
Shamash - God of the sun, justice, and truth
Adad - God of thunder and storms
Ashur - God of war and the patron deity of the Assyrian empire
Dagan - God of agriculture, fertility, and grain
Enbilulu - God of water, rivers, and canals
Ennugi - God of irrigation and canals
Marduk - God of the city of Babylon and the patron deity of the Babylonian empire
Nabu - God of wisdom, writing, and scribes
Anshar - God of the horizon and father of Anu
Anu - God of the sky
Enlil - God of wind and earth - Son of Anu
Ea - God of wisdom and magic - Son of Anu
They are the parents of the god Anu, who becomes the god of the sky and the supreme deity in the Babylonian pantheon.
Anshar is often described as the god of the horizon or the god of the expanse, while Kishar is associated with the earth or the abyss.
According to the Enuma Elish, the god Tiamat, who represents the primeval chaos, becomes enraged at the behavior of the younger gods and decides to destroy them.
Anu, their son, seeks help from Anshar, who sends him to his son Marduk, another younger god, to seek his aid in defeating Tiamat.
Anshar and Kishar are not as well-known or widely worshiped as some of the other deities in the Babylonian pantheon, but their role in the creation myth is significant in establishing the lineage of the gods and the emergence of order from chaos.
"When the heights above were not named, Nor the earth below pronounced by name, Apsu, the first one, their begetter, And maker Tiamat, who bore them all, Had mixed their waters together, But had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds; When yet no gods were manifest, Nor names pronounced, nor destinies decreed, Then gods were born within them."
In some versions of the creation myth, Anshar and Kishar are described as being the children of the primordial gods Lahmu and Lahamu, further underscoring their status as primordial deities.
Lahmu and Lahamu are often depicted as being the parents of Anshar and Kishar, who in turn give birth to the god Anu, the supreme deity in the Babylonian pantheon.
While Lahmu and Lahamu may not be as well-known or widely worshiped as some of the other deities in the Babylonian pantheon, their role in the creation myth is significant in establishing the emergence of the universe and the lineage of the gods.
"When in the height heaven was not named, And the primeval Apsu, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both, Their waters were mingled together, And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen; When of the gods none had been called into being, And none bore a name, and no destinies were ordained; Then were created the gods in the midst of heaven, Lahmu and Lahamu were called into being.
In this passage, Lahmu and Lahamu are mentioned as "monsters" that were created by Tiamat, the mother of all the gods, along with other fearsome creatures like vipers, dragons, and scorpion-men.
However, in later parts of the Enuma Elish, Lahmu and Lahamu are depicted more positively as the parents of Anshar and Kishar and as the first step in the establishment of the hierarchy of the gods.
After Scorpius succeeded in stinging Orion, both the scorpion and Orion were placed in the sky as constellations by the god Zeus.
In some cultures, Aries is also associated with the ram-headed god of fertility and rebirth, which may have led to the reference to "rams".
It describes the creation of the world and the struggles between the gods and the forces of chaos.
The demon king Hiranyakashipu had become so powerful that he challenged the gods themselves, and in response, the god Vishnu took on a half-man, half-lion form called Narasimha and killed him.
In Aztec mythology, there is a story about the destruction of several planets by the god Tezcatlipoca.
The Aztecs believed that the universe was divided into several eras, each of which was associated with a particular god.
Each day in the calendar was associated with a specific deity or god, and each month had its own patron deity.
The Aztecs believed that the Xiuhpohualli calendar was created by the god Quetzalcoatl, who was associated with wisdom and knowledge.
Another theory is that the blue skin may have been a symbolic representation of the god's role as a ruler of the underworld.
In ancient Egyptian religion, the god Amun was often depicted with blue skin, and was associated with the underworld and the dead.