Edge Rewrite
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

Jump to content

Arazu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arazu is a Babylonian god of construction[1] and or crafts.[2] Arazu was created by Ea,[3] along with the gods Ninsimug and Ninildu. The three of them were tasked with creating temples[4][3]Specifically, Arazu is associated with the completion of building projects and is assumed to be worshiped upon finishing the construction of temples.

It has been interpreted that Arazu is a priest. [2][failed verification]

References

[edit]
  1. "The Mesopotamian Pantheon". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. 1 2 Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-135-96390-3.
  3. 1 2 Frayne, Douglas R.; Stuckey, Johanna H. (2021-03-01). A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East: Three Thousand Deities of Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam. Penn State Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-64602-129-1.
  4. Reiner, Erica (1995). Astral Magic in Babylonia. American philosophical society. pp. 139–140. ISBN 9780871698544.