Igigi

Anunnaki deities, lesser gods serving the higher pantheon, associated with labor and rebellion.

Core Themes

• Divine service and rebellion.
• Linked to Human Labor.

Related Concepts & Sources

An (ruler), Atra-Hasis Epic (narrative), Divine Hierarchy (structure)

Scholarly entry: Igigi/Igigu (a group of gods), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Edzard, D.O. 1976-80. "[Igigū], Anunna und. A. Nach sumerischen Quellen." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archāologie 5 , pp. 37-40. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Kienast, B. 1965. 'Igigiū and Anunnakkū nach den akkadischen Quellen.' In H. Güterbock and T. Jacobsen (eds.), Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday, April 21, 1965 . Assyriological Studies, 16, pp. 141-158. Chicago: Oriental Institute Press. Download free PDF from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago .
• Kienast, B. 1977-80. "Igigū, Anunnakkū und. B. Nach akk. Quellen." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archāologie 5 , pp. 40-44. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Soden, W. von 1966. "Die Igigu-Götter in altbabylonischer Zeit." Iraq 28 : 140-145.
• Soden, W. von 1989. "Die Igigu-Götter in altbabylonischer Zeit und Edimmu im Atramhasīs-Mythos." In L. Cagni and H.-P. Müller (eds.), Aus Sprache, Geschichte und Religion Babyloniens. Gesammelte Aufsätze. , pp. 339-349. Dipartmento di Studi Asiatici. Series Maior, 32. Naples: Istituto Universitario Orientale.