Anshar
Sign in to saveAnshar ( , , ) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as a primordial king of the gods. He was not actively worshiped. He was regarded as the father of Anu. In the first millennium BCE his name came to be used as a logographic representation of the head god in the Assyrian state pantheon, Ashur. He is attested in a number of god lists, such as An = Anum, and in literary compositions, including the Enūma Eliš.
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- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Anshar
- Deity.deity_of
- Primordial god
- Deity.other_names
- Anshargal
- Deity.spouse
- Kishar
- Deity.parents
- Tiamat and Abzu
- Deity.offspring
- Anu
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11 sectionsContents
- Name and character
- Associations with other deities
- Anshar and Anu
- Anshar and Ashur
- Mythology
- ''Enūma Eliš''
- Other compositions
- Notes
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Anshar ( , , ) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as a primordial king of the gods. He was not actively worshiped. He was regarded as the father of Anu. In the first millennium BCE his name came to be used as a logographic representation of the head god in the Assyrian state pantheon, Ashur. He is attested in a number of god lists, such as An = Anum, and in literary compositions, including the Enūma Eliš.
==Name and character== Anshar's name was written in cuneiform as AN.ŠÁR. It can be translated from Sumerian as "the whole heaven". Benjamin R. Foster suggests that together with Kishar he was understood as the personification of the circle of the horizon, which represented the totality of heaven and earth. It was believed that he was involved in creation of the world and the other deities. He was regarded as a primordial deity. As such, he was an abstract figure who was not actively worshiped.