Bašmu

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Spirits and monsters Udug Lamassu/Shedu Asag Edimmu Siris Anzû Ušum Bašmu Mušmaḫḫū Ušumgallu Seven-headed serpent Humbaba Hanbi Kur Lamashtu Lilu Pazuzu Rabisu
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Bašmu or Bashmu (

Greek Hydra.^[2] The Sumerian terms ušum (portrayed with feet, see Ninurta's Dragon) and muš-šà-tùr ("birth goddess snake", portrayed without feet) may represent differing iconographic types or different demons.^[3] It is first attested by a 22nd-century BC cylinder inscription at Gudea

Mythology

In the

Enuma Elish creation myth. It had "six mouths, seven tongues and seven ...-s on its belly".^[5]

References

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^ Included in the MUL.APIN.

^ F. A. M. Wiggermann (1992). Mesopotamian Protective Spirits: The Ritual Texts. Styx Publications. pp. 166–167.

^ KAR 6, ii 26.

^ sebe, CAD S, p. 204.

Mythology

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