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Topic: Ashnan


In the News (Thu 4 Dec 08)

  
  Definition of Ashnan
Ashnan was the goddess of grain in Mesopotamia.
She and her brother Lahar, both children of Enlil, were cerated by the gods to provide them with food.
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www.wordiq.com /definition/Ashnan   (120 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sumerian Mythology
In Sumerian mythology, Aruru (also known as Ninmah, Nintu, Ninhursaga, Belet-ili or Mami) was the almighty gentle mother goddess of the earth and birth.
In Sumerian mythology, Ashnan was the goddess of grain.
She was created by Enlil to provide food and clothes for the gods.
www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/D8.HTM   (1297 words)

  
 Canaan - Crystalinks
To avert such calamities the king had to perform rites of expiation and offer sacrifices" (Cohn 1993 119)
Athirat as Sea Goddess with Hathor headdress and El Asherah, the Semitic name of the Great Goddess, whose origin differs from Astarte, was "in wisdom the Mistress of the Gods", called by the Sumerians Ashnan "the strength of all things", a "kindly and beautiful maiden."
The Canaanites called her "She who gives birth to the Gods" and as the "Lady who traverses the Sea" she is Goddess of both the Sea and Moon.
www.crystalinks.com /canaan.html   (3357 words)

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