Lahamu

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Lahamu is a primordial goddess in Mesopotamian mythology, often depicted as one of the earliest cosmic beings associated with silt and creation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lahamu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian deity ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
primordial goddess ⓘ
appearsIn Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish ⓘ
linked to: Enuma Elish
associatedWith creation ⓘ
primordial waters ⓘ
silt ⓘ
childOf Apsu ⓘ
Tiamat ⓘ
cosmicRole early cosmic being ⓘ
primordial entity ⓘ
cosmologicalFunction intermediate generation between Apsu and Tiamat and younger gods ⓘ
culture Babylonian mythology ⓘ
Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ
Sumerian tradition ⓘ
describedAs one of the first gods formed in the cosmos ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasDomain cosmology ⓘ
myth of origins ⓘ
languageOfName Akkadian ⓘ
mythologicalEra primordial time ⓘ
nameTransliteration Laḫamu ⓘ
oftenGroupedWith primeval deities ⓘ
ontologyType deity ⓘ
pairedWith Lahmu ⓘ
parentOf Anshar ⓘ
Kishar ⓘ
roleInMyth link between primordial waters and later gods ⓘ
spouse Lahmu ⓘ
worshipRegion ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tiamat → offspring → Lahamu ⓘ
Lahmu → relative → Lahamu ⓘ