Asag

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Fertile Crescent myth series
Mesopotamian
Levantine
Arabian
Mesopotamia
Primordial beings
7 gods who decree
The great gods
Demigods & heroes
Tales from Babylon
Spirits & Monsters
Good beings: Humbaba · Kingu Kishar · Mamitu Siris · Zu Evil beings: Asag · Edimmu Hanbi · Kur Lamashtu · Namtar Pazuzu · Rabisu Resheph

Asag was a Sumerian demon who raised an army of rocks and stones against men, but who was defeated by the hero Ninurta.

The name Asag means "demon that causes sickness." And did often refer to a dragon or a snake(Serpent).

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