Kajamanu

Kajamānu
Planet	Saturn
Region	Mesopotamia
Equivalents
Mandaean equivalent	Kiwan
Persian equivalent	Kayvan

Short description: Mesopotamian deity

Kajamānu or Kayyamanu (Akkadian: 𒅗𒀀𒀀𒈠𒉡 ka-a-a-ma-nu "the constant") or Uduimin-saĝuš (Sumerian: 𒀯𒇻𒅂𒊕𒍑 ^MULUDU.IMIN-saĝ-uš, "star of the sun") is the ancient Mesopotamian name for the planet Saturn. In ancient Mesopotamia, he was also regarded as the "star of Ninurta," the Mesopotamian fertility deity.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In other cultures

Kiwan (Mandaic for Saturn) is derived from the Mesopotamian name.^[4] Kayvan is the Persian equivalent name.

Kēwān (Classical Syriac: ܟܹܐܘܵܢ) also being a loan from Akkadian, is the name for Saturn in Syriac among later Assyrians.^[5]

References

↑ Koch-Westenholz, Ulla (1995). Mesopotamian astrology: an introduction to Babylonian and Assyrian celestial divination, p. 122–123. Kopenhagen: Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies. ISBN:87-7289-287-0.
↑ Manfred Lurker: Lexikon der Götter und Dämonen. Namen, Funktionen, Symbole / Attribute (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band 463). 2., erweiterte Auflage. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-46302-4, S. 297. (in German)
↑ Franz-Xaver Kugler: Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel – Assyriologische, astronomische und astralmythologische Untersuchungen –; Buch 1: Entwicklung der babylonischen Planetenkunde – Von ihren Anfängen bis auf Christus –. Aschendorff, Münster in Westfalen 1907, S. 8. (in German)
↑ Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). Cosmology in Mandaean Texts. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004400566/BP000051.xml. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
↑ "The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon". https://cal.huc.edu/oneentry.php?lemma=k)wn%20N&cits=all.

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[1] Koch-Westenholz, Ulla (1995). Mesopotamian astrology: an introduction to Babylonian and Assyrian celestial divination, p. 122–123. Kopenhagen: Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies. ISBN:87-7289-287-0.

[2] Manfred Lurker: Lexikon der Götter und Dämonen. Namen, Funktionen, Symbole / Attribute (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band 463). 2., erweiterte Auflage. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-46302-4, S. 297. (in German)

[3] Franz-Xaver Kugler: Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel – Assyriologische, astronomische und astralmythologische Untersuchungen –; Buch 1: Entwicklung der babylonischen Planetenkunde – Von ihren Anfängen bis auf Christus –. Aschendorff, Münster in Westfalen 1907, S. 8. (in German)

[Bhayro_2020-4] Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). Cosmology in Mandaean Texts. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004400566/BP000051.xml. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

[5] "The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon". https://cal.huc.edu/oneentry.php?lemma=k)wn%20N&cits=all.

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Kajamanu

Topic: Religion

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