Asag

Asag ("who strikes the arm") is a Sumerian demon.

He is one of the Šebettu created by An , the city god of Uruk . It is said to cause diseases, let wells dry up and cover the earth with wounds, which are then sprayed with its poison. He is often equated with the Akkadian Asakku .

literature

• Helmut Freydank u. a .: Lexicon of the Old Orient. Egypt * India * China * Western Asia. VMA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-928127-40-3 .
• Brigitte Groneberg : The gods of the Mesopotamia. Cults, myths, epics. Artemis & Winkler, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-76-082306-8 .