The Epic of Gilgamesh | Other Characters
Adad
The storm god, who endows Gilgamesh with courage at his birth.
Antum
Wife of Anu, the sky god or god of the heavens, and mother of Ishtar. Ishtar complains to her parents Anu and Antum when Gilgamesh refuses her offer of marriage and describes how she has abused her previous lovers.
Anu
God of the firmament, the patron god of Uruk, husband of Antun, and father of Ishtar. The Epic of Gilgamesh opens with a description of "the temple of blessed Eanna for the god of the firmament Anu'' (1. 61). Gilgamesh calls a...
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