There was no ‘religion’ as such. There were gods and godesses.Various cities and tribes had a principal god, and recognised manyothers who looked after various aspects of life and theenvironment. There were about two and a half thousand gods andgodesses, each with different functions and in different areas ofMesopotamia.

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Some of them are:

Ashur/Assur (Aramaic:???????) / Anshar, patron of Assur
Ishtar, (Astarte/Eshtar), the goddess of love and war,patroness of Nineveh
Nabu – God of Writing and Scribes
Nergal – God of the Underworld
Tiamat – Sea Goddess
Samnuha
Kubaba
Marduk
Ellil
Ninlil
Sin/Nanna
Nisroch
Hanbi – father of Pazuzu
Anu
Ea, Sumerian Enki – God of Crafts
Kishar
Sin / Suen, sumerian Nanna – Moon God
Ishara
Siduri – Babylonian Goddess ofwine/fermentation
Shamash – Sun God
Adad/Hadad
Dagan/Dagon
Bel
Tammuz

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