semitic deity
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1. a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | deity, divinity, god, immortal, |
| definition | : | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | anunnaki, enuki, |
| definition | : | any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | lilith, |
| definition | : | in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | adad, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of storms and wind (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | adapa, |
| definition | : | a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anshar, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world' (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | antum, |
| definition | : | Babylonian consort of Anu (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anu, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | apsu, |
| definition | : | father of the gods and consort of Tiamat (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aruru, |
| definition | : | mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ashir, ashur, |
| definition | : | chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ashtoreth, astarte, |
| definition | : | an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ishtar, mylitta, |
| definition | : | Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | baal, |
| definition | : | any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bel, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dagon, |
| definition | : | god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dagan, |
| definition | : | god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | damgalnunna, damkina, |
| definition | : | (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dumuzi, tammuz, |
| definition | : | Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ea, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | enki, |
| definition | : | water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | en-lil, enlil, |
| definition | : | god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | girru, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gula, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | igigi, |
| definition | : | any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | inanna, |
| definition | : | consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ki, |
| definition | : | goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | kishar, |
| definition | : | Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world' (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | mama, |
| definition | : | a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | molech, moloch, |
| definition | : | god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nabu, nebo, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nammu, |
| definition | : | goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | namtar, namtaru, |
| definition | : | a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nanna, |
| definition | : | god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nergal, |
| definition | : | (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nina, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ningal, |
| definition | : | (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ningirsu, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ningishzida, |
| definition | : | an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ninhursag, ninkharsag, ninkhursag, |
| definition | : | the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nintoo, nintu, |
| definition | : | a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ninib, ninurta, |
| definition | : | a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nusku, |
| definition | : | god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ramman, |
| definition | : | god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | shamash, |
| definition | : | the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sin, |
| definition | : | (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | tiamat, |
| definition | : | (Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | utnapishtim, |
| definition | : | favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | utu, utug, |
| definition | : | sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | zu, zubird, |
| definition | : | evil storm god represented as a black bird (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | antiquity, |
| definition | : | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe (noun.time) |
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