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Published: March 24, 2015
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Myths of Tammuz and Ishtar

“The myth of Tammuz is one of high antiquity, dating possibly from 4000 b.c. or even earlier. Both Tammuz and Ishtar were originally non-Semitic, the name of the former deity being derived from the Akkadian Dumu-zi, ‘son of life,’ or ‘the only son,’ perhaps a contraction of Dumu-zi-apsu, ‘offspring of the spirit of the deep,’ […]

Published: March 16, 2015
Filed Under: 4000 BCE, Adonis, Akkad, Akkadia, Anu, Aralu, Assur, Assyria, Babylonia, Beer, Berossus, Daonus, Daos, Dawkina, Dumu-si-apsu, Dumu-zi, Ea, Eabani, Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh, Great Mother, Greeks, Hades, Irkalla, Ishtar, Lewis Spence, Merodach, Myths, Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria, Persian Gulf, Pillars of Hercules, Sayce, Sin, Sky God, Slavonia, Smyrna, St. Ilya, Tammuz, Ukhut, Water God
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