- Bašmu or
Bashmu (Akkadian: 𒈲𒊮𒉣𒇬, romanized: bašmu; cuneiform: MUŠ.ŠÀ.TÙR or MUŠ.ŠÀ.TUR, lit. "Venomous Snake") was an
ancient Mesopotamian mythological...
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including a seven-headed
serpent (possibly
identical with the Mushmahhu) and
Bashmu,
whose constellation (despite
having a
single Head) was
later ****ociated...
- horns. In
other depictions, he is
shown as
human but is
accompanied by
bashmu, mushussu, and
ushumgal (three
horned snakes in
Akkadian mythology). Ningishzida...
- also ****ociated with snakes,
including the
mythical mushussu,
ushumgal and
bashmu and in one case Nirah. He was also an
underworld god, and in this role was...
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developed into a love goddess, ****ociated with marriage. Her
symbols were
bashmu,
otherwise mostly a
symbol of
underworld gods, and scorpions, also ****ociated...
- he was also ****ociated with snakes,
including the
mythical mushussu and
bashmu, and with kingship.
Tishpak was of
neither Sumerian nor
Akkadian origin...
- same line
refers to a
monster whose name
would be
cognate with
Akkadian bashmu, with the p****age
originally referring to the “muzzling” (‘ešbōm) a personified...
