Lahamu

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Parents| Tiamat and Abzu (Akkadian)
Consort| brother Lahmu
Children| Anshar and Kishar
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* Tiamat and Abzu
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* Kishar and Anshar
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* Four primary
* Anu
* Enlil
* Enki
* Ninhursag
* Three sky gods
* Inanna/Ishtar
* Nanna/Sin
* Utu/Shamash

Other major deities

* Adad
* Dumuzid
* Enkimdu
* Ereshkigal
* Kingu
* Geshtinanna
* Lahar
* Marduk
* Nergal
* Ninurta

Minor deities

* Agasaya
* Anunnaki
* Asaruludu
* Ashnan
* Bel
* Enbilulu
* Isimud
* Lahar
* Mami/Nintu
* Mamitu
* Nabu
* Namtar
* Nanshe
* Nisaba
* Ningal
* Ninkasi
* Ninlil
* Ninshubur
* Ninsun
* Nuska
* Sarpanit
* Uttu

Demigods and heroes

* Adapa
* Enkidu
* Enmerkar
* Gilgamesh
* Lugalbanda
* Shamhat
* Siduri
* Atra-Hasis
* Apkallu (seven sages)

Spirits and monsters

* Udug
* Lamassu/Shedu
* Asag
* Edimmu
* Siris
* Anzû
* Humbaba
* Hanbi
* Kur
* Lamashtu
* Pazuzu
* Rabisu

Tales

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* Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
* Enūma Eliš
* Epic of Gilgamesh

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* Mesopotamian myths
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* Religions of the ancient Near East

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Lahamu (also Lakhamu, Lachos, Lumasi, or Assyro-Akkadian Lammasu) was the first-born daughter of Tiamat and Abzu in Akkadian mythology. With her brother Lahmu she is the mother of Anshar and Kishar, who were in turn parents of the first gods. Lahamu is sometimes seen as a serpent, and sometimes as a woman with a red sash and six curls on her head. It is suggested that the pair were represented by the silt of the sea-bed, but more accurately are known to be the representations of the zodiac, parent-stars, or constellations.[1][2]

## References

1. ↑ Hewitt, J.F.. History and Chronology of the Myth-Making Age. p. 85.
2. ↑ W. King, Leonard. Enuma Elish Vol 1 & 2: The Seven Tablets of Creation; The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind. p. 78.

## Sources

* Michael Jordan, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002

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