Lahmu — Laḫmu (also romanized Lakhmu) is a deity from Akkadian mythology, first born son of Apsu and Tiamat. He and his sister Laḫamu were the parents of Anshar and Kishar, the sky father and earth mother, who begat the first gods. Laḫmu was sometimes… … Wikipedia
Lahamu — was the first born daughter of Tiamat and Apsu 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… … Wikipedia
Anshar and Kishar — ▪ Mesopotamian mythology in Mesopotamian mythology, the male and female principles, the twin horizons of sky and earth. Their parents were either Apsu (the watery deep beneath the earth) and Tiamat (the personification of salt water) or… … Universalium
Lakhe and Lakhus — Names given by Da mascius to Lakhame and Lakhmu. Alternative spellings are Lahamu and Lahmu … Who’s Who in non-classical mythology
Cosmogony — • By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia • gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this: that the latter aims at understanding the actual… … Catholic encyclopedia
Babylonian mythology — is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. While these stories are in modern times usually considered a component of Babylonian religion, their purpose was not necessarily religious in… … Wikipedia
Mesopotamian religion — Introduction beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the millennia before the Christian era. These religious beliefs and… … Universalium
Tiamat — In Babylonian mythology [And doubtless in Sumerian mythology as well, though all the surviving texts are later.] , Tiamat is the sea, personified as a goddess, [Jacobsen, Thorkild. The Battle between Marduk and Tiamat , Journal of the American… … Wikipedia
Hexaemeron — • Signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hexaemeron Hexaemeron … Catholic encyclopedia
Kishar — In the Akkadian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, the first children of Tiamat and Apsu. She is the female principle, sister and wife of Anshar, the male principle, and the mother of Anu. Kishar represents the earth as … Wikipedia
