Family tree of the Babylonian gods

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             Primal wasteland
                |
        +-------+--------+
        |       |        |
        Apsû    Tiamat   Mummu
        |       |    |
        +---+---+    +------+-------+--------+-----------+
            |               |       |        |           |
+-------+---+----+          |       ...      |           | 
|       |        |          |                |           |
Lahmu   Lahamn   ...        |                |           |
|       |                   |                |           |
+---+---+                   |                |           |
    |                       |                |           |
+---+----+                  |                |           |
|        |                  |                |           |
Ansher   Kishar             |                |           |
|        |                  |                |           |
+---+----+                  |                |           |
    |                       |                |           |
+---+-----+-----+           |                |           |
|         |     |           |                |           |
Ea        Anu   Anatu       |                |           |
|         |                 |                |           |
|  +------+-------+---------|-+--------------|-+---------|-+-----+-----+----------+
|  |      |       |         | |              | |         | |     |     |          |
|  42...  Asaru   Asarualim | Asarualimnunna | Asaruludu | En-Ki Namru Namtillaku Tutu
|                           |                |           |
Marduk-->                   Kingu   Dust     Sky arch    World of men 
|                           |       |
|     Sarpanitum            +---+---+
|     |                         |
+--+--+                         Man
   |
   Nabu   Tashmetum
   |      |
   +------+

Fertile Crescent myth series
Mesopotamia
Levantine myth
Arabian myth
Yazidic religion
Mesopotamian mythology Topics
Gods Anu & 7 who decree fate Ishtar & astrology Tiamat & Tablets of Destiny Annunaki & fiction Marduk & Babylon Heroes Utnapishtim & world-flood Tammuz & new life Gilgamesh & Cedar Forest Enkidu, the man-beast Monsters Zu, the winged lion Qingu, mankind's blood Resheph, plague and war Namtar, deadly illness Related Me, divine decrees Ma, primeval land Irkalla, the underworld Mesopotamian religion The Fertile Crescent

[edit] See also

• Family tree of the Greek gods
• Mesopotamian mythology

[edit] References

• Armstrong, Karen ([1993] 1999-01-07). A history of God: from Abraham to the present: the 4000-year quest for God. Vintage, 528. ISBN 0-09-927367-5.
• Anunnaku
• Nabu