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Laḫmu (𒀭𒌓𒈬 or 𒀭𒈛𒈬, d laḫ-mu, lit. 'hairy one') is a
class of
apotropaic creatures from
Mesopotamian mythology.
While the name has its
origin in...
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elder deities Lahmu and
Lahamu (masc. the 'hairy'), a
title given to the
gatekeepers at Enki's Abzu/E'engurra-temple in Eridu.
Lahmu and Lahamu, in turn...
- in some
variants of
Mesopotamian cosmology, the
feminine counterpart of
Lahmu. In some god
lists she was one of the
ancestors of Anu. In
Enuma Elish she...
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advisor Isimud and a
variety of
subservient creatures, such as the
gatekeeper Lahmu, also
lived in the abzu. Abzu (apsû) is
depicted as a
deity only in the...
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dedicated to
Laḫmu. The temple, and
subsequently the town that
formed around it, was then
known as Beit Lahama, "House (Temple) of
Lahmu". By 1200 BC...
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Kishar (Akkadian: 𒆠𒊹, romanized: Kišar) is the
daughter of Abzu and
Lahmu, the
first children of
Tiamat and Abzu. She is the
female principle, sister...
- text does not
explicitly state whether he and
Kishar are the
children of
Lahmu and Lahamu, or
instead a
second pair of Apsu's and Tiamat's children. However...
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Tibetan Plateau. It
provides one of the
source streams which joins the Tso
Lahmu and then form the
source of the
Teesta River. The lake
remains completely...
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advised him to
fetch Lahmu and
Lahamu and tell them of Tiamat's war plans, and of Marduk's
demand for
overlordship if he
defeats her.
Lahmu and
Lahamu and other...
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combined agriculture and war: the
Hittite Sun
goddess of Arinna, the
Canaanite Lahmu and the
Roman J****.
Complex civilizations arose where cereal agriculture...
