| CULTURE | Sumerian Gods3.7 |
Jewish God3.11 |
Egyptian Gods3.19 |
| Time Frame |
4100-2334 BC |
1800 BC - Present3.12 |
1300 BC - 343 BC |
Supreme God
|
Anu: the primary god, equivalent to "heaven." |
El or Eloah: singular description of divinity. |
Atum-Ra: chief god of Ennead of Heliopolis.3.20 |
Secondary God
|
Utu: the sun worshiped at Sippar. |
Elohim: third Bible word, the plural of El.3.13 |
Thoth: chief god of Ogdoad, Hermopolis |
Tertiary God
|
Nanna: the moon worshiped at Ur. |
Yahweh & Jehovah (name of God).3.14 |
Chnum: chief god of Chnum-Satet-Anuket. |
Others 04
|
Ki: Anu's consort, meaning "earth." |
The Lord. |
Amun: chief god of Amun-Mut-Chons triad. |
Others 05
|
Inanna:3.8 Venus, worshiped at Uruk. |
"The Lord said unto my Lord" Psalms 110:1.3.15 |
Ptah: chief god of Ptah-Sekhmet-Nefertem. |
Others 06
|
Enlil: cohort in north at Ekur temple, Nippur. |
Boreh: "the Creator." |
Ra or Phra: mid-day sun, falcon head man. |
Others 07
|
Enki: cohort at the Abnzu temple in Eridu. |
Hashem: Orthodox to avoid saying Adonai. |
Amun: god of air or of wind. |
Others 08
|
Nammmu:3.9 the Mother Goddess. |
Adoshem: fell into complete disuse. |
Horus: god of the sky, with one eye. |
Others 09
|
Tiamat: mother goddess. |
Adonai: respectful plural ("my Lords") |
Ra-Herakty: Ra Horus, sky, earth, underworld. |
Others 10
|
Ishtar: "the brilliant goddess", in Agade. |
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh: "I will be because I will be."3.16 |
Ptah-Seker-Orisis: syncretic relationships. |
Others 11
|
Ninshubur: Inanna's minister. |
Elyon: poetic use as "God Most High." |
Hathor: Milky Way, milk, udders heaven cows. |
Others 12
|
Abgallu: sea monsters from Ab or Abyss. |
Shaddai: meaning "Almighty."3.17 |
Isis: wife of Orisis and mother of Horus. |
Others 13
|
Gudgalana: husband of Ereckigala. |
Shalom: Talmud: "the name of God is 'Peace'."3.18 |
Khnum: the god with the ram's head. |
Others 14
|
Ereshkigal: Nergal's consort. |
Shekhinah: feminine to "dwell among humanity." |
Sekhmet: lioness, war goddess, Ra's daughter. |
Others 15
|
Dumuzid: consort of Inanna. |
Yah: first two letters of YHWH basis of Elijah. |
Set: an arch villain and source of evil. |
Others 16
|
Nergal: death god over Irkalla underworld.3.10 |
Adir: "Strong One." |
Apep: evil demon, deify darkness & chaos. |
Table 3a. The Gods of Mankind. (Note background colors correlate across cultures.)
paradoxes