Birdu
deity Babylonian mythology single tradition · 2
Birdu is the messenger god sent by Enlil to request Ninurta to return the Tablet of Destinies.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – -100
- Historical notes
- Attested in Old, Middle, and Late Babylonian myths.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Turtle, Meslamtaea, Mamitu, Gašru, Ku'annesi, Zi-mingi, dZi-MU, Zi-ĝara, Almu, Alamu, Ḫar, Ninurta, Shara, Anzû, Enki, Adad, Ninmah, Ea, Girra, Sin, Nergal, Ninshubur
- serves
- Enlil
- syncretized with
- Lugalirra
- allied with
- Šarrabu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Enlil sends the messenger god Birdu to request Ninurta to return the Tablet of Destinies.”
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“In texts belonging to this genre Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea could also be identified with other pairs of twin deities, presumably originating in the peripheries of Mesopotamia, including Almu and Alamu, Birdu and Šarrabu.”
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