Ishkur

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Ishkur is a Mesopotamian storm and rain god associated with thunder, fertility, and seasonal weather.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ishkur canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god
rain god
storm god
associatedWith fertility
rain
seasonal weather
storms
thunder
cultCenter Babylon (as Adad)
Karkara
linked to: Wukari

Nippur
culture Mesopotamian religion
domain agricultural fertility
atmosphere
epithet lord of abundance
lord of rain
lord who thunders
equivalentTo Adad
familyRelation husband of Shala (in later tradition as Adad)
son of Anu (in some traditions)
son of Enlil (in some traditions)
function destroyer through violent storms
protector of farmers through rain
gender male deity
influenceOn later Near Eastern storm-god concepts
mentionedIn Akkadian prayers
Mesopotamian omen texts
Sumerian hymns
mergedWith Adad in Akkadian tradition
linked to: Adad
oftenDepictedWith lightning in his hands
stormy sky background
pantheon Akkadian pantheon
Sumerian pantheon
linked to: Sumerian religion
religiousRole intermediary between heavens and earth through rain
role bringer of rain
controller of storms
provider of agricultural abundance
symbol bull
lightning bolt
storm clouds
timePeriod Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia
Old Babylonian period
worshippedIn Akkad
Assyria
Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Sumer

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enlil child Ishkur
Nanna child Ishkur
Adad equivalentTo Ishkur
Adad nameInSumerian Ishkur
Amurru oftenLinkedWith Ishkur