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Ishum

Ishum (Išum; possibly the masculine form of Akkadian išātum, "fire") was a Mesopotamian god of Akkadian origin. He is best attested as a divine night watchman, tasked with protecting houses at night, but he was also associated with various underworld deities, especially Nergal (or Erra) and Shubula. He was associated with fire, but was not exclusively a…

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Children
possibly Shubula
Parents
Shamash and Sudaĝ (Aya), · alternatively Shamash and Ninlil
Spouse
Ninmug
Sumerian
Hendursaga
Symbol
possibly a torch

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Ishum

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples104
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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related to Associations with other deities · 30
Ishum → According, After, An, Anum, Aya, Due, Euphrates, He, In, Ishum's, Jeremiah Peterson, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Laṣ, Lugal-irra, Manfred Krebernik, Marduk-apla-iddina, Meslamta-ea, Munnabittu, Nergal, Nergal's
related to Character · 21
Ishum → Akkadian, Andrew, Epic, Erra, George, Gibil, Girra, Goes, He, Headman, Herald, Hero, However, It, Lord, Many, Minister, Night, No, Semitic
related to Other myths · 17
Ishum → Andrew, Assyrian Prince, Aya, Enlil, George, In, Ishtar, Ishum's, Kummâ, Nergal, Ninlil, Old Babylonian, Shamash, Shamash's, Similarly, The, Underworld Vision
related to Worship · 16
Ishum → According, Assyria, Dietz Otto Edzard, Early Dynastic, He, Ishum's, Laṣ, Mesopotamian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Nergal, Nippur, Tarbiṣu, The, They, Ur III
related to Erra and Ishum · 14
Ishum → Assyrian, Attribution, Babylonia, Based, BCE, Epic, Erra, It, Kabti-ilāni-Marduk, Mesopotamia, Nergal's, Nineveh, The, While
Parents · 2
Ishum → alternatively Shamash and Ninlil, Shamash and Sudaĝ (Aya),
Children · 1
Ishum → possibly Shubula
Spouse · 1
Ishum → Ninmug
Sumerian · 1
Ishum → Hendursaga
Symbol · 1
Ishum → possibly a torch

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god period erra ishum's gods associated shubula also hendursaga babylonian ninmug divine night akkadian nergal possible wife old fire name

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IshumChildrenpossibly Shubula1.00infobox
IshumParentsShamash and Sudaĝ (Aya),1.00infobox
IshumParentsalternatively Shamash and Ninlil1.00infobox
IshumSpouseNinmug1.00infobox
IshumSumerianHendursaga1.00infobox
IshumSymbolpossibly a torch1.00infobox
Ishumrelated to Associations with other deitiesAccording0.60section
Ishumrelated to Associations with other deitiesJoan Goodnick Westenholz0.60section
Ishumrelated to Associations with other deitiesIshum's0.60section
Ishumrelated to Associations with other deitiesSudaĝ0.60section
Ishumrelated to Associations with other deitiesShamash0.60section
Ishumrelated to Associations with other deitiesAya0.60section

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