- The
mušḫuššu (𒈲𒍽;
formerly also read as sirrušu or sirrush) or
mushkhushshu (Akkadian pronunciation: [muʃˈχuʃ.ʃum]) is a
creature from
ancient Mesopotamian...
- was
constructed using glazed brick with
alternating rows of bas-relief
mušḫuššu (dragons),
aurochs (bulls), and lions,
symbolizing the gods Marduk, Adad...
-
temple Esagila. His
symbol is the
spade and he is ****ociated with the
Mušḫuššu. By the 1st
millennium BC,
Marduk had
become astrologically ****ociated...
-
father Ninazu, he was also ****ociated with snakes,
including the
mythical mushussu,
ushumgal and
bashmu and in one case Nirah. He was also an
underworld god...
- Indo-European mythologies.
Famous prototypical draconic creatures include the
mušḫuššu of
ancient Mesopotamia; Apep in
Egyptian mythology; Vṛtra in the Rigveda;...
-
Mušḫuššu (sirrush) and
aurochs on
either side of the
processional street.
Ancient Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq....
-
animals in Babylon: a
contextual approach to the lion, the bull and the
mušḫuššu". Iraq. 77: 215–224. doi:10.1017/irq.2015.17. Jackson, pp. 109, 115. Borowski...
- deity, but he was also ****ociated with snakes,
including the
mythical mushussu and bashmu, and with kingship.
Tishpak was of
neither Sumerian nor Akkadian...
- ('Venomous Snake'), Ušumgallu ('Great Dragon'), Mušmaḫḫū ('Exalted Serpent'),
Mušḫuššu ('Furious Snake'), Laḫmu (the 'Hairy One'),
Ugallu (the 'Big Weather-Beast')...
- ****enistic
Period (323 BC–31 BC). This creature,
known in
Akkadian as the
mušḫuššu,
meaning "furious serpent", was used as a
symbol for
particular deities...
