The spirits grow restless... in order to continue your journey to becoming a revered immortal, you must learn about the creatures who live in darkness.
This book is a collection of information revolving around creatures and well-known myths from Asi...
Iraq is a country in southwestern Asia with a rich and ancient history. It is the birthplace of the world's earliest civilizations, such as Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria. Iraq was also part of various empires, such as the Persian, Greek, Roman, and Islamic.
Iraq's name comes from the Arabic word for "deeply rooted, well-watered; fertile," which reflects its location in the fertile region of Mesopotamia, or "Land Between the Rivers." Its capital city is Baghdad, which was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in the 8th century. Iraq became an independent nation in 1932 after being under British and Ottoman rule for centuries.
It is one of the easternmost countries of the Arab world and shares borders with Turkey, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. It has a diverse population of about 43 million people, who speak Arabic and Kurdish as their official languages.
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Iraqi Mythology
Iraqi mythology is full of fascinating stories and characters that reflect the culture and beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia. It includes myths, religious texts, and other literature from a historical region of Western Asia that occupies the area of present-day Iraq.
Mesopotamian mythology is one of the oldest and the richest in the world. It includes stories of creation, gods, heroes, monsters, and legends that influenced many other cultures. Some of the most famous Mesopotamian myths are:
The Enuma Elish is a creation myth that describes how the god Marduk defeated the primordial chaos monster Tiamat and created the world and the other gods from her body parts. The Enuma Elish also explains the origin and role of humans as servants of the gods.
Marduk was a Babylonian god who was originally a minor deity but eventually rose to become one of the most important gods in the Babylonian pantheon. He was the patron god of the city of Babylon and its people. The Babylonians believed that Marduk was the supreme god who had created the world and all its inhabitants.
The Atra-Hasis is another creation myth that tells how the mother goddess Mami made humans from clay, flesh, and blood to relieve the gods from their labor. The Atra-Hasis also narrates how the god Enlil tried to reduce the human population by sending disasters such as famine, drought, and flood, but was foiled by the god Enki who warned a man named Atra-Hasis to build a boat and survive.
Mami was probably synonymous with the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, Ninhursag.
The Descent of Inanna is a myth that depicts how the goddess Inanna descended to the underworld to visit her sister Ereshkigal, who ruled over the dead. Inanna had to pass through seven gates and give up her clothing and jewelry at each gate until she was naked and powerless. She was then killed by Ereshkigal and hung on a hook. However, with the help of Enki, she was resurrected and returned to the upper world but had to provide a substitute to take her place in the underworld.
Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, divine law, and political power. In Sumerian mythology, she is known as Inana, while in Akkadian mythology, she is known as Ishtar. She was primarily known as the goddess of sexual love but was equally prominent as the goddess of warfare. In her astral aspect, Inana/Ištar is the planet Venus, the morning and the evening star.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story of a king who seeks immortality and encounters various adventures and challenges, such as fighting a giant bull, meeting the survivor of a great flood, and journeying to the underworld. The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered the oldest surviving epic poem in the world.
The Myth of Adapa, from the 14th century BCE, is about a Sumerian citizen who was blessed by the god Enki with immeasurable intelligence. One day Adapa was knocked into the sea by the south wind, and in a rage, he broke the south wind's wings so that it could no longer blow. Adapa was summoned to be judged by u, and before he left Enki warned him not to eat or drink anything offered to him. However, Anu had a change of heart when he realized just how smart Adapa was, and offered him the food of immortality, which Adapa, dutiful to Enki, turned down. This story is used as an explanation for humankind's mortality, it is associated with the narrative that is also present in Christianity.
Enki is the Sumerian god of knowledge, crafts, and creation. He was later known as Ea or Ae. He was originally the patron god of the city of Eridu, but later the influence of his cult spread throughout Mesopotamia and to the Canaanites, Hittites, and Hurrians.
Anu (also known as An) is an early Mesopotamian sky god who was later viewed as the Father of the Gods and ruler of the heavens, a position which then passed to his son Enlil.
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