thewinedarksea: mythology meme: primordial deities (3/5)— lahmu lahmu, meaning parent star or conste
thewinedarksea: mythology meme: primordial deities (3/5)— lahmu lahmu, meaning parent star or constellation, is the name of a protective and beneficent deity, the first-born son of abzu and tiamat. he represents the zodiac, parent stars, or constellations. he and his sister laḫamu are the parents of anshar and kishar, the sky father and earth mother, who birthed the gods of the mesopotamian pantheon. laḫmu is depicted as a bearded man with a red sash – usually with three strands – and four to six curls on his head, and they are also depicted as monsters, with each encompassing a specific constellation. -- source link
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