- In the
Babylonian epic
Enuma Elish,
Kishar (Akkadian: 𒆠𒊹, romanized: Kišar) is the
daughter of Abzu and Lahmu, the
first children of
Tiamat and Abzu...
- were
brother and sister,
being the
offspring of
Anshar ("Sky Pivot") and
Kishar ("Earth Pivot"),
earlier personifications of the
heavens and earth. By her...
-
Sumerian as "the
whole heaven".
Benjamin R.
Foster suggests that
together with
Kishar he was
understood as the
personification of the
circle of the horizon, which...
-
heavens (Anshar, from an-šar, 'heaven-totality/end') and the
earth (
Kishar);
Anshar and
Kishar were
considered to meet at the horizon, becoming, thereby, the...
- Abzu and Tiamat. He and his
sister Laḫamu are the
parents of
Anshar and
Kishar,
parents of Anu and thus
ancestors of Ea and
Marduk according to this specific...
-
Tiamat and Abzu. With her
brother Lahmu she is the
mother of
Anshar and
Kishar, who were in turn
parents of the
first gods. 19th and
early 20th century...
-
Sumerian god of
plants Damu,
vegetation god Emesh,
Sumerian god of
vegetation Kishar,
goddess representing the
earth Ningishzida,
vegetation god Ninhursag, Sumerian...
-
Pazuzu Anu,
supreme divinity of the
Heavens Ea,
Sumerian Enki: god of
crafts Kishar Sin / Suen,
Sumerian Nanna (classical Syriac: ܣܝܼܢ): moon god Išḫara Shamash...
- a
second hieros gamos supposedly resulted in the
creation of
Anshar and
Kishar, the "sky-pivot" (or axle), and the "earth pivot",
parents in turn of Anu...
- ****umed. In
later traditions, his
father was
usually Anshar,
whose spouse was
Kishar.
Another tradition most
likely regarded Alala and
Belili as his parents...
