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Kiru20
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(11/20/01 12:04 pm)
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The Advisors
I am doing some work on something and I have been trying to find all the advisors of all the indeividual gods and goddesses. I have a few of them. Usmu for Enki. Ninshubur for Ishtar. Do you know where I could find the advisors for the different gods and goddesses, and also learn a little something about them?

~Kiru~

Liztar
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(11/20/01 12:43 pm)
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The advisors/counsellors of the gods and goddesses of Mespotamia can be found in many books such as:

1) A Dictionary of Ancient Mesopotamian Mythology and Literature, by Gwendolyn Leick, published by Routledge, 1991.

2) Jean Bottéro´s books which deal with Mesopotamian Religion. All excelent. He is the dean of French Assyriology.

3) Gods and Demons of Mesopotamia, a dictionary by Anthony Green and published by the British Museum.

The term for them is sukkal and was already briefly discussed here. Will check the place and get back to you.

best,
Lishtar

From the Depths and To the Heights to share in all spheres

Kiru20
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(11/20/01 2:38 pm)
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Is there anything on the web? I can't order anything, right now. Kinda broke. Still in the proccess of finding out where I am to be. Every time I think I've got it, like when I was making a lot at Corning Inc., I come to find it's not for me. There are just a few things left that I could be, which fit my personality, goals and interests. That would be Psychologist, personal trainer, and anything relating to the two. I am going to see about getting into Psychology. It's a primary passion of mine, and I think a proffessor would respect my works. You can see them if you'd like. People tell me they have helped them in life.

~Kiru~

Liztar
ezOP
(11/20/01 3:49 pm)
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Kiru, it is complicated sometimes to find the best and most accurate information in the net. Information of the kind you need, specific, you will have to turn to books.

hmmm... there were also 3,000 deities (approx.) in Mesopotamia. Kind of tricky to get all families of gods together, with wives, spouses, offspring, sukkals, etc.

I´m afraid we will have to start building our own tables of correspondences.

But I will post here the ones I know of too!
:D
best,
Lishtar

From the Depths and To the Heights to share in all spheres

Liztar
ezOP
(11/20/01 7:07 pm)
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Re: The Advisors
Here there are some:

1) Ereshkigal - sukkal Namtar
2) Enki - sukkal Isimud (he has a double face, i.e. can look into two directions at the same time... a great farseer:)
3) Enlil - Nusku
4) Inanna/Ishtar - Ninshubur
5) Utu/Shamash -sukkal is the charioteer, a minor deity called Bunene, worshipped at Sippar

source: Jeremy Black and Anthony Green (1992) Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, published by the British Museum Press.

best,
Lishtar

From the Depths and To the Heights to share in all spheres

saharda
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(7/13/03 5:09 am)
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3000 gods
is there any place I can find a listing of all of the known gods?

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