Near Eastern Mythology Submitted Names
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ABATUR m Judeo-Christian Legend, Near Eastern Mythology, Arabic (Archaic)Means literally, "father of the Uthre" in Mandaean, which translates roughly to "father of the angels," derived from
aba "father" combined with
uthra (
'utria) "angel". In the Mandaean Gnostic cosmology, Abatur is "the third of four emanations from the supreme, unknowable deity", and the father of
Ptahil, the Mandaean demiurge.
AGASAYA f Near Eastern MythologyPossibly means "shrieker". This was the name of an early Semitic goddess of war who was merged into
Ishtar in her identity as fearless warrior of the sky.
AHURANI f Near Eastern Mythology, Persian MythologyMeans "she who belongs to Ahura" in Avestan, from the name
Ahura, referring to either the creator god Ahura Mazda or the various other ahuras of the Avesta, combined with the feminine suffix
-ani meaning "companion, wife, mate"...
[more] ALLAT f Near Eastern MythologyMeans "the Goddess" from Arabic
al-Lat. She was an ancient mother and fertility goddess of the pre-Islamic Arabs.
AMATHAUNTA f Near Eastern MythologyIn Sumerian mythology she is the goddess of the ocean, possibly related to
Poseidon. She was also worshipped by Sumerian immigrants in Egypt which lead to some believing her to be an Egyptian goddess...
[more] ANZÛ m Near Eastern MythologyA Mesopotamian demon, who was drawn in the form of a huge fire and water breathing bird, or a lion-headed eagle.
ASHI f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of a Zoroastrian divinity. Her name means "that which is attained" from the root word
ar- meaning "to allot". It also has connotations of being a mix of of "reward," "recompense," or "capricious luck".
AYA f Near Eastern MythologyMeans "dawn" in Akkadian. In Akkadian mythology Aya was a mother goddess, the consort of the sun god
Shamash, and associated strongly with the rising sun, sexual love, and youth. The Babylonians sometimes called her
kallatu meaning "the bride"...
[more] BELET-SERI f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of an underworld goddess who was tasked with recording information about the dead entering the afterlife. The first part of her name comes from
beltu meaning "lady, mistress" and the second part may come from
sartu meaning "crime, lies" or
sertu meaning "morning", "bar (part of a lock)" or "punishment".
DAENA f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of a Zoroastrian divinity, taken from the Gathic Avestan
daēnā or Sanskrit
dhénā and is variously translated as "conscience", "religion", "understanding" or "that which is observed"...
[more] GEŠTINANNA f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of an early goddess of Southern Mesopotamia associated with writing and the netherworld. Her name means "Wine (or vine) of the heavens (or the god
An)".
HANNAHANNAH f Near Eastern MythologyFrom Hittite
hanna- meaning "grandmother". She is a Hurrian Mother Goddess related to or influenced by the pre-Sumerian goddess Inanna. Hannahannah was also identified with the Hurrian goddess Hebat.
HEBAT f Near Eastern MythologyHebat, was the mother goddess of the Hurrians, known as "the mother of all living". She is also a Queen of the deities. During Aramaean times Hebat also appears to have become identified with the goddess
Hawwah, or
Eve.
HUMBAN m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of the most important male god in the Elamite pantheon. His name apparently means "commander" in Elamite
1, as it is derived from the Elamite verb
huba "to command"
2. Most sources state that Humban was the god of the sky
3, though there are also a few sources who claim that he was the god of the earth
4...
[more] HUTRAN m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyIn Elamite religion, Hutran is the son of the god Humban (also known by his epithet Napirisha) and his wife, the goddess Kiririsha.
1 It is uncertain what kind of god he was, but since his name might possibly mean "overwhelmer" in Elamite
2, it could be that he was a god of soldiers and fighters
3...
[more] INSHUSHINAK m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyInshushinak was the name of one of the major gods of the Elamite pantheon. He started out as a mere local god
1, in which capacity he was the patron deity of the city of Susa
2. This is also reflected in his name, as it is derived from Sumerian
nin-shushinak meaning "lord of Susa"
3...
[more] ISHARA f Near Eastern MythologyAn ancient Hittite goddess associated with love and oaths. Her name comes form the Hittite word for "treaty, binding promise", or may be related to the name of the goddess
Ishtar.
ISHME-KARAB f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. Her name is Akkadian and means "she who has heard the prayer"
1 or "she has heard the supplication".
2 The Elamite form of her name is said to be
Išnikarap.
3 The fact that her name is Akkadian rather than Elamite, is possibly due to the fact that Elam had repeatedly been under Akkadian rule and was thus influenced by the Akkadian language and culture...
[more] IŠTANU m Near Eastern MythologyFrom Hattic
estan meaning "Sun-god". He was the Hittite and Hattic god of the sun. In Luwian he was known as Tiwaz or Tijaz. He was a god of judgement, and was depicted bearing a winged sun on his crown or head-dress, and a crooked staff..
JABRU m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of an obscure but very old god in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of his name was in the Elamite language. Most sources equate him with the Babylonian god
Anu1, so he must have been a god of the heavens...
[more] JEH f Near Eastern MythologyIn Zoroastrianism, Jeh is the consort of
Ahriman, and is a demon of laviciousness who is associated with the menstrual cycle, improper behaviour and the defilement of women. Her name may derive from the Arabic verb
جَاءَ (ja'a) meaning "to come, to bring".
JORAH m & f Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Literature, Near Eastern MythologyFrom יוֺרֶה
(Yorah), a Hebrew name which allegedly meant "autumn showers" (referring to a seasonal rain "which falls in Palestine from the last of October until the first of December") or "sprinkling" as the active participle of יָרָה
(yarah) "to rain"...
[more] KIRIRISHA f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of an important goddess in Elamite religion. Her name apparently means "Great Goddess"
1 or "Great Lady"
2 in the Elamite language, with one source stating that the name consists of Elamite
kiri or
kirir "goddess" and Elamite
usa(n)3 (relation with the Elamite word
rishair "great" is also likely
4)...
[more] KISHAR f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of an Akkadian goddess who may have been an earth mother goddess. Her name is argued to mean "the whole earth".
LAGAMAR f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. Her name is Akkadian and means "no mercy".
1 The Elamite form of her name is said to be
Lakamar.
2 The fact that her name is Akkadian rather than Elamite, is possibly due to the fact that Elam had repeatedly been under Akkadian rule and was thus influenced by the Akkadian language and culture...
[more] LULAL m Near Eastern MythologyIn Sumerian mythology, Lulal, inscribed dlú.làl in cuneiform, is the younger son of
Inanna. He was the patron deity of Bad-tibira while his older brother,
Shara was located at neighboring Umma.
MA f Sumerian MythologyMeans "land" in Sumerian. In Sumerian mythology, Ma is referred to as the mother of the mountain.
MALIYA f Near Eastern MythologyEtymology unknown. This was the name of the Hittite and Luwite goddess of gardens who was also associated with horses, rivers and mountains.
MANZAT f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. Her name is derived from Akkadian
manzât "rainbow".
1 The fact that her name is Akkadian rather than Elamite, is possibly due to the fact that Elam had repeatedly been under Akkadian rule and was thus influenced by the Akkadian language and culture...
[more] MILCOM m Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology, English (Puritan)In the Old Testament, Milcom was the highest of the Ammonite gods. It is generally accepted that this name is a form of the common Semitic noun meaning "king" (Hebrew
melek), and became an epithet of the head of the Ammonite pantheon...
[more] NAHUNDI m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyIn the Elamite pantheon, Nahundi was the god of the sun, but also the god of justice and law
1. His name - spelled
Nahiti in earlier times
2 - was apparently the same as the word for 'sun' in Elamite
3, although the literal meaning of that word is said to be "creator of the day"
4...
[more] NAMMU f Near Eastern MythologyIn Sumerian mythology, she was a primeval goddess, corresponding to
Tiamat in Babylonian mythology. She gave birth to
An and
Ki and the first gods, and with
An she bore
Enki. She was believed to be the one who came up with the idea to create mankind...
[more] NANSHE f Near Eastern MythologyEtymology uncertain; derived in part from Sumerian
še "grain". This was the name of a Sumerian goddess of prophecy, justice, fertility, and fishing.
NAPIR m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyIn the Elamite pantheon, Napir was the god of the moon.
1 Some sources state that the meaning of his name is "(the) shining one"
2, but this is questionable - it is more likely that it is derived from Elamite
nap or
napir meaning "god" (see
Napirisha).
3...
[more] NAPIRISHA m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis is the epithet of the god Humban
1 and he was almost exclusively known by this name in later times
2. It means "Great God" in Elamite
3, derived from Elamite
nap or
napir "god"
4 combined with Elamite
risha or
rišarra "great"
5 (also compare Elamite
rishair6)...
[more] NARUNDI f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyIn the Elamite pantheon, Narundi was the goddess of victory and thus we can consider her to be a war goddess.
1 It is uncertain what the meaning of her name was in the Elamite language. She, along with the goddesses Shiashum and Niarzina, was said to be a sister of the 'great goddess', namely Kiririsha
2...
[more] NIARZINA f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of her name was in the Elamite language, though the second part of her name may have been derived from Elamite
sina or
zini meaning "(the) lady".
1 It is said that Niarzina, along with the goddesses Narundi and Shiashum, was a sister of the 'great goddess', namely Kiririsha
2...
[more] NIKKAL-WA-IB f Near Eastern MythologyThe ancient Middle Eastern goddess of orchards, whose name is derived the Akkadian / West Semitic
"´Ilat ´Inbi", meaning "Goddess of Fruit". Alternatively, it may mean "Great Lady and Fruitful".
NINSI'ANNA f & m Near Eastern MythologyAncient Sumerian god or goddess of Venus. The name means "divine lady, illumination of heaven" or "divine lady of the redness of heaven".
NINTUR f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of the Sumerian mother goddess, derived from
nin meaning "lady, queen" and
tur meaning "hut", with allusions to the word
šà-tùr meaning "womb".
PINIKIR f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of the most important goddess in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of her name was in the Elamite language. Pinikir started out as the mother-goddess (in which capacity she was also the goddess of love and fertility), making her rank above all Elamite gods - even the male ones.
1 This indicates a reverence of that what is feminine, which is reflective of both Elamite religion
2 and Elamite society
3: women were held in high regard and Elamite royal families' system of succession was always through the female line
4 (although a ruler was always male and was called "the son of a sister"
5)...
[more] RESHEPH m Near Eastern MythologyDerived from Semitic
ršf meaning "to absorb, to consume" or "to burn" (descended into Hebrew as רשף
(reshef) "burning heat" or "plague"). This was the name of a Canaanite and Semitic deity of plague, the underworld, and war.
ŠALA f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of the consort of
Adad, often considered to be a minor goddess of non-Mesopotamian origin, potentially related to crop fertility. The etymology of her name is unknown, but may be from the Hurrian
šāla meaning "daughter".
SARPANIT f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of a Babylonian mother goddess and wife of
Marduk. Her name means "the shining one" or may be derived from
zēr-bānītu meaning "creatress of seed".
ŠARRUMA m Near Eastern MythologyMeaning "king of the mountains". Šarruma or Sharruma is originally a Hurrian god who was adopted into the Hittite pantheon.
SHALA f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of a Mesopotamian corn goddess who is also associated with war as well as the name of a Sumerian goddes of grain and the emotion of compassion....
[more] SHARA m Near Eastern MythologyIn Sumerian mythology Shara is a minor god of war, mainly identified with the city of Umma, north-east of
Unug (Uruk). He is identified in some texts as the son of
Inana (
Ishtar).
SHIASHUM f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of her name was in the Elamite language. Not much is known about Shiashum, unfortunately. It is said that she, along with the goddesses Narundi and Niarzina, was a sister of the 'great goddess', namely Kiririsha
1...
[more] SIDURI f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of an ancient Mesopotamian wise female divinity associated with fermentation, beer and wine. Her name is derived from the Hurrian word meaning "young woman".
SPENTA ARMAITI f Near Eastern MythologyA Zoroastrian divinity, one of the six creative or divine manifestations of Wisdom and
Ahura Mazda. Her name means "creative harmony", although she was later associated with religious devotion. She is associated with the Mother Earth figure and her holy day is associated with love.
TELIPINU m Near Eastern MythologyMeans "excited son" in Hattic. He was a Hittite god who most likely served as a patron of farming, though he has also been suggested to have been a storm god or an embodiment of crops.
TIRUTIR m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of an obscure god in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of his name was in the Elamite language. Tirutir was a local god
1: he was worshipped only in the Elamite city Ayapir
2 (also spelled Aiapir; it was later called Malamir, and nowadays it is known as Izeh in Iran
3)...
[more] TISHTRYA m Near Eastern Mythology, Persian MythologyThis was the name of a Zoroastrian deity, who at first was responsible for bringing rainfall and fertility, but later became an astral deity that was associated with what is now the star Sirius. The name may have been derived from Avestan
tištriia, which in turn came from
púṣiya (via dissimilation) "he who makes prosper" or from Indo-European
tri-str-o-m "group of three stars".
ZARIK f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of a daeva or demon in service of
Ahriman in Zoroastrian belief, associated with aging and old age. The etymology of her name is unknown, but it may be related to
زر meaning "gold" or
زر (zor) meaning "rotation, circulation".
ZEMELO f Near Eastern MythologyThe name of a Thraco-Phrygian earth goddess, probably derived from the same root as Russian
zemlya "earth, soil" (also carries the sense of "the Otherworld"). This might be the origin of
Semele.
ZIUSUDRA m Near Eastern Mythology, SumerianMeaning, "life of long days." The name of a king listed in the Sumerian king list; listed as the last king of Sumer prior to the deluge and subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic...
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