The Assembly

The Pantheon

Sumerian religion was civic: each great god held a city and a portfolio, and the council met to ratify what the strongest among them had already decided.

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CityAll Eridu Kesh Kur Nippur Sippar Ur Uruk

ThemesBirth Celestial Craft Creation Earth Justice Kingship Love Sky Storm The Flood Time Underworld War Water

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Carved mother goddess figure with mountain forms and growing shoots at her shoulders

Ninhursag

Earth, birth, mountains · Kesh

The mother of the gods, called Nintu when she pinches off fourteen pieces of clay to make the first people alongside Enki.

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Sun god rising between two mountains, rays cut into the stone behind him

Utu

Sun, justice, oaths · Sippar

He sees everything the daylight touches, which makes him the god of witnesses, verdicts and travellers on open ground.

CelestialJusticeTime

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