Home›Babylonian Deities›All Babylonian DeitiesBrowse ByAll Babylonian DeitiesThe gods of Babylonia and Assyria, inheriting and reworking the older Sumerian pantheon under new names. They are known from cuneiform literature, among it the Enuma Elish and the Epic of Gilgamesh, and from the astronomical tradition in which several of them were identified with the planets, an identification Greek astrology took over wholesale.FactsLearn MoreAll Babylonian DeitiesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsAttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedAttested in Akkadian-language sources from the later third millennium BCE. The theology of Marduk's supremacy is set out in Enuma Elish, most often dated to the late second millennium, and the latest cuneiform copies of Babylonian religious texts are of the first century CE. 3Veneration TodayWell-attestedThe cult ended with the cuneiform culture that carried it; no continuous worship survives. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe gods of Babylonia and Assyria: largely the Sumerian pantheon inherited under Akkadian names and reordered around the elevation of Marduk as city-god of Babylon. The material is written in Akkadian on cuneiform tablets, and it is one of the fullest documented pantheons of the ancient world. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDeities 1Learn MoreThe gods of Babylon This group gathers the deities of Babylonian religion, the later Mesopotamian tradition that inherited and reworked the older Sumerian pantheon. Its theology is set out in myths such as the Enuma Elish, which narrates the rise of Marduk, the city-god of Babylon, to supremacy over the gods. The browser will find Marduk and his son Nabu, the sky-god Anu, the storm-god Enlil, the wisdom-god Ea (Enki), the love-and-war goddess Ishtar (Inanna), and the sun-god Shamash, keeper of justice. Many are the same powers worshipped under Sumerian names elsewhere in the atlas; the entries note the correspondence.All Babylonian DeitiesFilter Results13 entriesPlanetary FaceAllChiron (1)Jupiter (1)Mars (1)Mercury (1)Moon (1)Pluto (1)Saturn (1)Child OfAllEnki (1)Enlil (1)Marduk (1)Interpretatio OfAllBaal (1)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (12)TheologyAllPolytheistic: many gods (13)ArchetypeAllThe Caregiver (2)The Hero (2)The Magician (2)The Orphan (1)The Rebel (1)The Sage (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically attested; no continuous cult (13)Era Attested Start YearAll-2600 (2)-2500 (1)-2400 (2)-2350 (1)-2200 (1)-2100 (2)-1800 (1)-1750 (2)-700 (1)Worshipped InAllMesopotamian Religion (10)Domain / FunctionAllAgriculture and harvest (1)Chaos and adversary (2)Creation and cosmogony (1)Death (1)Disease and plague (1)Healing and medicine (1)Kingship and sovereignty (1)Magic and sorcery (1)Moon (2)Primordial being (2)Prophecy and divination (1)Rain and weather (1)Sea and ocean (1)Storm and thunder (2)The hunt (1)The underworld (2)War and battle (2)Water (1)Wisdom and counsel (2)Writing, scribes and learning (1)GenderAllFemale (4)Male (9)PantheonAllBabylonian (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13AdadBabylonian DeitiesAnammelechBabylonian DeitiesApsuBabylonian DeitiesEreshkigalBabylonian DeitiesGeshtu-EBabylonian DeitiesGulaBabylonian DeitiesMardukBabylonian DeitiesNabuBabylonian DeitiesNergalBabylonian DeitiesNinurtaBabylonian DeitiesQinguBabylonian DeitiesSinBabylonian DeitiesTiamatBabylonian DeitiesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddessestier 1Nicole Brisch (ed.), Oracc / Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, 2011IntroductionView the Source3. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Otherstier 1Stephanie Dalley, Oxford University Press, 2000Introduction to Enuma ElishView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.