Nusku

Nusku
/noos"koo/, n.
a Sumerian and Babylonian deity, originally the vizier of Enlil.

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▪ Mesopotamian deity
      in Mesopotamian religion, Sumero-Akkadian god of light and fire. His father was Sin (Sumerian: Nanna), the moon god. Semitic texts describe Nusku as the king of the night, who illuminates the darkness and repels the demons of the dark. On Babylonian boundary stones he is identified by a lamp. He is visible at the new moon and thus is called its son. The last day of the month is sacred to him, so that he is a lunar deity. As fire, he figures much in incantations and rituals.

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  • Nusku — est le dieu de la lumière et du feu des anciens Mésopotamiens. Son emblème est la lampe. Fils d Enlil, c est une figure très secondaire de ce panthéon, peu de lieux de cultes lui sont connus. Il a un fils, Gibil, le feu. Portail de la mythologie …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Nusku — Fertile Crescent myth series Mesopotamian Levantine Arabian …   Wikipedia

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  • Nusku —    Assyrian fire god, best known by a series of eight tablets in the British Museum, in which he is referred to as the offspring of Anu, offspring of Shamash, first born of Enlil, etc. His symbol was a lamp. He was also known as the son of Sin,… …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

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