Apkallu or and Abgal (𒉣𒈨; Akkadian and Sumerian, respectively) are terms found in cuneiform inscriptions that in general mean either "wise" or "sage"...

invoked to evoke favorable comparisons. Some scholars conflate Adapa and the Apkallu known as Uanna. There is some evidence for that connection, but the name...

lore is based on "the negative aspects of the Apkallu tradition" in Sumerian mythology.(pp 72–74) The Apkallu were seven antediluvian culture heroes who...

Greece, seven early 6th century BC philosophers, statesmen and law-givers Apkallu, the Seven Sages in Ancient Mesopotamian tradition Seven Sages of the Bamboo...

a river. Other protective spirits also appear in the plaque, including apkallu and other animal-headed demons, there to protect the person who is lying...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

genus in the tribe Coreini Oannes (mythology), Greek name for Uanna, an Apkallu in Mesopotamian myth This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Majoris). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saptarishi. Nachiketa Dhruva Apkallu www.wisdomlib.org (2012-06-24). "Saptarshi, Saptarishi, Saptarṣi, Saptaṛṣi:...

Sumer The Uruk List of Kings and Sages (ULKS) pairs him up with an apkallu (an apkallu was a sage in Sumerian literature and religion—En-men-lu-ana was...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

Seven Sages" recalls: "The fourth (of the seven apkallu's, "sages", is) Lu-Nanna, (only) two-thirds Apkallu, who drove the ušumgallu-dragon from É-ninkarnunna...

interpreted as beings known as antediluvian sages,[citation needed] or apkallu in Akkadian. They were beings that existed during a godlike generation...

Detail of the embroidered dress of an Apkallu, showing four-legged winged and horned animals. From Nimrud, Iraq. 883–859 BCE. Museum of the Ancient Orient...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

have compared this to the earlier Mesopotamian myth of Oannes, one of the apkallu or seven sages described as fish-men in cuneiform texts. While Oannes was...

of the SKL pairs seven antediluvian kings each with his own apkallu; and, the second apkallu (Uanduga) was paired up with Alalngar. "After the kingship...

learned family as he was referred to as the “son” of Assalluḫi-mansum, the apkallu, or sage, of Hammurabi’s time, c. 1792–1750 BCE. The Exorcists Manual,...

peccary or sheep. Aobōzu (Japanese) – Blue monk who kidnaps children. Apkallu (Sumerian) – Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki. Apsaras (Buddhist...

the god Ea (and to Dagon), Oannes was rather one of the apkallu servants to Ea. The apkallu have been described as "fish-men" in cuneiform texts, and...

The name Ayalu, known from the Uruk List of Kings and Sages (Paired with Apkallu Adapa) where it is written A-a-lu, appears to be another variant, resulting...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

"Apkallu" relief from Khorsabad...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

Technology Administration of North Korea. Abenaki mythology Amenominakanushi Apkallu Beidou - Chinese global satellite navigation system named after the Big...

winged genie) the mermaid (part human part fish, see Enki, Atargatis, and Apkallu) and the shedu all trace their origins to Assyro-Babylonian art. In Mesopotamian...

A winged human-headed Apkallu holding a bucket and a pine cone. From Nimrud, Iraq. 883-859 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul...

Enkidu Enmerkar Gilgamesh Lugalbanda Shamhat Siduri Atra-Hasis Ziusudra Apkallu (seven sages) Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris...

Dumuzid with the composite half-man, half-fish counselor or culture hero (Apkallu) An-Enlilda,[why?] and suggests an equivalence between Dumuzid and Enoch...