Apantu
Apantu is one of the primeval deities in Hurro-Hittite tradition. They are part of a list of deities that includes Nara, Namšara, Minki, Ammunki, Ammizzadu, Tuḫuši, Alalu, Anu, Antu, Enlil and Ninlil. Apantu is a female member of the group.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and still worshiped.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mišaru, almanu, Sebitti, Tašme-zikru, Anu, Antü, Nara, Ninlil, Minki, Namšara, Zulki, Ammunki, Ammizzadu, Tuḫuši, Alalu, Enlil, Nanaya, Adad, Shala, Allani, Šauška, Nisaba, Dumuzi, Ningirima, Geshtinanna, Enmesharra, Ištar
- parent of
- Išḫara
Mentioned by
- Anu
- Antü
- Nara
- Ninlil
- Minki
- Namšara
- Zulki
- Ammunki
- Ammizzadu
- Tuḫuši
- Alalu
- Enlil
- Nanaya
- Adad
- Shala
- Allani
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Most frequently listed sequence consists of Nara, Namšara, Minki, Ammunki, Ammizzadu, Tuḫuši, Alalu, Anu, Antu, Apantu, Enlil and Ninlil. The names of many of the primeval deities were arranged in texts in rhyming pairs, according to Piotr Taracha for magical reasons.”
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“Gary Beckman restores the names of her parents in the relevant passage of this text, which he refers to as the Song of Going Forth, as "Enlil and Apantu" (though in a later passage Enlil occurs with Ninlil instead).”
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