Lamashtu
Sign in to savethumb|Sumerian name in Akkadian language|Old Babylonian cuneiform, dDim3-me
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- Instance of
- death deity
- Gender
- female
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- Lamashtu plaque 9167.jpg
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- time period
- ancient Near East
- culture
- Babylonia
- worshipped by
- Sumerian religion
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- Lamashtu
- native label
- 𒀭𒈕𒈨
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thumb|Sumerian name in Akkadian language|Old Babylonian cuneiform, dDim3-me
In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu (; Akkadian dLa-maš-tu; Sumerian Dimme dDim3-me or Kamadme) is a demonic Mesopotamian deity with the "head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey, naked breasts, a hairy body, hands stained (with blood?), long fingers and fingernails, and the feet of Anzû". She was believed to feed on the blood of human infants and was widely blamed as the cause of miscarriages and cot deaths.
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