K is for Kishar (Babylonian Pantheon) #AtoZchallenge

I am trying to mix in goddesses from lesser known pantheons. I must admit, its hard to dig up anything but basics on them. I couldn’t find any images, not even a statue or figurine. So I’ll share what little I’ve dug up in my internet archeology.

Kishar is the Babylonian Goddess of the earth and mother to Anu, the Babylonian king of gods. Her consort was also her brother, Anshu. Kishar and Anshu together were considered the twin horizons of the sky and earth and the two principles of the Babylonian pantheon.  Of particular interest, her name’s direct translation is “totality of the lower world.”

From these principles came the Annunaki, the gods of Mesopotamia, who are mentioned in the work Gilgamesh.

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