Gods/Goddesses/Creatures

Question 1

Adad/Ishkur

Answer 1

storm god
associated with various cities
controls rain

Question 2

Adapa

Answer 2

mythical sage

favorite son of Ea/Enki

Question 3

Aga

Answer 3

King of Kiš

Question 4

Anunna

Answer 4

higher gods who forced Igigi gods into labor (Flood Story)

Question 5

Anu/An

Answer 5

passive/inactive
city of Uruk
reigns over heaven

Question 6

Anzu

Answer 6

eagle/lion hybrid from the wilderness who stole the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil and is then defeated by Ninurta

Question 7

Apkallu/Abgal

Answer 7

mythical sages who are in-between worlds

Question 8

Apsu/Abzu

Answer 8

god of fresh water

Tiamat’s husband, killed in the Epic of Creation

Question 9

Atrahasis

Answer 9

exceedingly wise

saves humanity with orders from Ea/Enki (Flood Story)

Question 10

Awilu

Answer 10

humans

derived from the god We - implies that humans have the divine spark of a rebellious god

Question 11

Belet-ili

Answer 11

“mistress of the gods”
god of birth
fused with Mami and Nintu

Question 12

Bir hartura

Answer 12

royal guard/”slave”

Question 13

Cyrus the Great

Answer 13

Persian emperor who conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Question 14

Dumuzi

Answer 14

god of herding

Inanna’s husband whom she sacrifices in her stead when she finds that he has not mourned her death (Inanna’s Descent)

Question 15

Ea/Enki

Answer 15

god of subterranean water
city of Eridu
magic/craft (Nudimmund “the fashioner/crafter”), wisdom
helps humans

Question 16

Enkidu

Answer 16

Gilgamesh’s wild counterpart who is civilized by prostitutes

Question 17

Enlil

Answer 17

city of Nippur
reigns over Earth
bestows kingship
often referred to as the Great Mountain

Question 18

Ereshkigal

Answer 18

Queen of the Underworld

Question 19

Etana

Answer 19

first king of Kiš

the “shepherd”

Question 20

Etemmu/gidim

Answer 20

ghost, in-between worlds

Question 21

gala-tura / kur-jara

Answer 21

asexual figure made from the dirt under the fingernails of the deities by Enki in order to save Inanna from Ereshkigal

Question 22

Gallu/Galla

Answer 22

demon, in-between worlds

Question 23

Gilgamesh

Answer 23

king of Uruk

Question 24

Hammurapi

Answer 24

most famous Mesopotamian king

reigned during Old Babylonian period

Question 25

Igigi

Answer 25

lesser gods who revolted against Annuna gods (Flood Story)

Question 26

Ishtar/Inanna

Answer 26

goddess of sex and war
battlefield referred to as "ishtar's playground"
city of Uruk
"lady of heaven"
associated with Venus

Question 27

Illuyanka

Answer 27

Hittite serpent killed by storm god

Question 28

Mami

Answer 28

goddess of birth

Enlil renamed her “mistress of the gods” (Anzu the Bird who Stole Destiny)

Question 29

Marduk

Answer 29

slays Tiamat (Epic of Creation)
city of Babylon

Question 30

Nergal

Answer 30

god of death, war, plague
dual nature as both heavenly and belonging to the underworld
mortal kings claim to be doing Nergal’s work

Question 31

Nintu

Answer 31

birth goddess

Question 32

Ninurta

Answer 32

god of agriculture
city of Nippur
fused with Ningirsu (syncretism)
defeats Anzu (Anzu the Bird who Stole Destiny)

Question 33

Sargon the Great

Answer 33

Conquered Babylonia during Old Akkadian Period

Question 34

Shamash/Utu

Answer 34

sun god
city of Larsa/Sippar
passes judgement/delivers justice

Question 35

Sin

Answer 35

moon god
city of Ur
associated with fertility and divination

Question 36

Sukkallu/Sukkal

Answer 36

minimal gods, messengers, viziers, able to move between worlds

Question 37

Tiamat

Answer 37

goddess of the sea

Marduk defeats her (Epic of Creation)

Question 38

We

Answer 38

leader of the rebellious Igigi gods (Flood Story)

sacrificed to create humans