Geshtu-E, also known as Ilawela and formerly transcribed as Geshtu, Gestu or We-ila, was a minor Mesopotamian god of intelligence in Sumerian and Akkadian tradition. According to the Babylonian Atra-Hasis epic, the great gods sacrificed him in their assembly, and the goddess Nintu mixed his flesh and blood with clay to fashion humanity, a sacrifice intended to relieve the gods of the hard physical labor they had previously borne themselves and to transfer that burden onto the newly created human beings. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Nicole Brisch (ed.), Oracc / Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, 2011Geshtu-E, Enuma Elish, Old BabylonianView the Source Wikipedia, "Geshtu-E"
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