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Kishar appears only once in Enuma Elish, in the opening lines of the epic, and then disappears from the remainder of the story. She appears only occasionally in other first millennium BCE texts, where she can be equated with the goddess
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Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary.
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Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses: Anšar and Kišar (god and goddess)
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Index

Lahmu
Lahamu
Anshar
a series
Ancient
Mesopotamian religion

Chaos Monster and Sun God
Religions of the ancient Near East
Anatolia
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Babylonia
Sumer
Iranian
Semitic
Arabia
Canaan
Tiamat
Abzu
Lahamu
Lahmu
Kishar
Anshar
Mummu
Anu
Enlil
Enki
Ninhursag
Inanna/Ishtar
Nanna/Sin
Utu/Shamash

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