Home›Babylonian Deities›Veneration Status›Historically attested; no continuous cultBrowse ByHistorically attested; no continuous cultThis page groups deities by how actively they are still venerated today, from gods with a living cult to ones whose worship has died out entirely. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a deity that still receives offerings apart from one preserved only in historical study.FactsLearn MoreHistorically attested; no continuous cultSourcesComments (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.Historically attested; no continuous cultFilter 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)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 13AdadHistorically attested; no continuous cultAnammelechHistorically attested; no continuous cultApsuHistorically attested; no continuous cultEreshkigalHistorically attested; no continuous cultGeshtu-EHistorically attested; no continuous cultGulaHistorically attested; no continuous cultMardukHistorically attested; no continuous cultNabuHistorically attested; no continuous cultNergalHistorically attested; no continuous cultNinurtaHistorically attested; no continuous cultQinguHistorically attested; no continuous cultSinHistorically attested; no continuous cultTiamatHistorically attested; no continuous cultSources1. 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.