Igigi
deity sky Babylonian single tradition · 2
A set of deities introduced during the Old Babylonian Period (c. 1830-1531 BCE). In the late Akkadian Atra-Hasis epic, the Igigi are the sixth generation of the gods who are forced to perform labor for the Anunnaki and rebel after forty days. From the Middle Babylonian Period onward, the name Igigi was applied to the heavenly deities.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Introduced during Old Babylonian Period (c. 1830-1531 BCE); applied to heavenly deities from Middle Babylonian Period (c. 1592-1155 BCE) onward.
Relationships
- serves
- Anunnaki
- co occurs with
- Madānu, Utnapishtim, Ellil, Mushteshirhablim, Neretagmil, gods of Eshumesha, Damkianna, Ninegal, Bēlet-balāṭi, Ninurta, Marduk, Enki, Enlil, Nergal, Damkina, Ea, Nabu, Ereshkigal, Nam-tar, Ištar, Inanna, Nungal, Manungal
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“During the Old Babylonian Period (c. 1830 BCE – c. 1531 BCE), a new set of deities known as the Igigi are introduced...the Igigi are the sixth generation of the gods who are forced to perform labor for the Anunnaki”
#14898 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“A plural form of the name attested in some documents can be regarded as analogous to one of the collective terms for Mesopotamian deities, Igigi.”
#37132 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001