Girra

Anunnaki deity, god of fire and light, associated with purification and destruction.

Core Themes

• Fire and divine power.
• Linked to Ancient Technology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Gibil (similar deity), Sumerian Mythology (context), Nusku (fire deity)

Scholarly entry: Girra (god), 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
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Conti, G. 2000. "A proposito di Gibil, dio del fuoco". In S.Graziani (ed.), Studi sul Vicino Oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni I , pp. 125-134. Napoli: Istitute Universitario Orientale
• Dossin, G. 1983. "Le dieu Gibil et les incendies de végétation". In Recueil Georges Dossin: Mélanges d'Assyriologie (1934-1959) . Akkadika Supplementum 1.
• Bottero, J. 1973. "Le feu dans les textes mésopotamiens". In Le feu dans le Proche-Orient Antique, Actes du Colloque de Strasbourg (9 et 10 juin 1972) , pp. 9-14. Leiden.
• Frankena, R. 1957-71a. "Girra und Gibil". In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vordersasiatischen Archäeologie 3 , pp. 383-385. Berlin: de Gruyter
• Lewy, H. and Lewy, J. 1948. "The god Nusku". Orientalia 17 : 146-159