Ethana
deity sky Babylonian single tradition · 1
Ethana is a figure in Babylonian myth. He was led by his pride to strive for the highest seat among the star-gods on the northern mountain of the gods. He was hurled down by the supreme ruler of the Babylonian Olympus.
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1
- Historical notes
- Based on Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“may easily have given rise to a myth such as was told of Ethana and Zu: he was led by his pride to strive for the highest seat among the star-gods on the northern mountain of the gods [...] but was hurled down by the supreme ruler of the Babylonian Olympus.”
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