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Apkallu or and
Abgal (𒉣𒈨;
Akkadian and Sumerian, respectively) are
terms found in
cuneiform inscriptions that in
general mean
either "wise" or "sage"...
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invoked to
evoke favorable comparisons. Some
scholars conflate Adapa and the
Apkallu known as Uanna.
There is some
evidence for that connection, but the name...
- lore is
based on "the
negative aspects of the
Apkallu tradition" in
Sumerian mythology.(pp 72–74) The
Apkallu were
seven antediluvian culture heroes who...
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Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis
Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages)
Spirits and
monsters Udug Lam****u/Shedu Asag
Edimmu Siris...
- Greece,
seven early 6th
century BC philosophers,
statesmen and law-givers
Apkallu, the
Seven Sages in
Ancient Mesopotamian tradition Seven Sages of the Bamboo...
- have
compared this to the
earlier Mesopotamian myth of Oannes, one of the
apkallu or
seven sages described as fish-men in
cuneiform texts.
While Oannes was...
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Sumer The Uruk List of
Kings and
Sages (ULKS)
pairs him up with an
apkallu (an
apkallu was a sage in
Sumerian literature and religion—En-men-lu-ana was...
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Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis
Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages)
Spirits and
monsters Udug Lam****u/Shedu Asag
Edimmu Siris...
- a river.
Other protective spirits also
appear in the plaque,
including apkallu and
other animal-headed demons,
there to
protect the
person who is lying...
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Seven Sages" recalls: "The
fourth (of the
seven apkallu's, "sages", is) Lu-Nanna, (only) two-thirds
Apkallu, who
drove the ušumgallu-dragon from É-ninkarnunna...
