Anshar

Anunnaki deity, primordial god of the heavens, paired with Kishar in Enuma Elish.

Core Themes

• Primordial creation and cosmic order.
• Linked to Cosmology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Kishar (consort), Enuma Elish (narrative), An (descendant)

Scholarly entry: Anšar and Kišar (god and goddess), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Beaulieu, P.-A. 1997. "The cult of AN.Š́ÁR/Aššur in Babylonia after the fall of the Assyrian empire." State Archives of Assyria Bulletin 11 : 55-73.
• Lambert, W.G. 1976-80b. "Kišar, Kišargal." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 5 , p. 620. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Edzard, D.O. 1965. "Mesopotamien. Die Mythologie der Sumerer und Akkader." In H.W. Haussig (ed.), Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient . Wörterbuch der Mythologie, erste Abteilung, Bd. I, pp. 17-140. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag.