Dinger
Dingir , Diĝir ( Sumerian DINGIR, DIĜIR, ? , emesal dim-me-er; Akkadian ) is the Sumerian singular name for divine beings, divine objects and divine mysticism . In the plural , dingir was doubled and used as a dingir-dingir .
As a determinative before the respective terms, DINGIR , or D for short , was written and read, but not pronounced. In the transcription of cuneiform texts, determinatives like dingir are superscripted in order to mark them as such.
The determinative Dingir was not used for deities beginning with AN, as AN was generally used as a logogram for heaven and represented the supreme god AN as the father of the Dingir-Dingir ( father of all divine ). According to Sumerian mythology, everything AN related was divine.
As a sumerogram , DINGIR was used in later times, for example in the Akkadian and Hittite languages . Sumerograms were until the 1st century BC. In use.
genealogy
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To God of everything |
ME Divine Powers |
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| Creation gods sons of An |
Sky gods sons / daughters |
Earth gods mother goddesses |
Star gods belonging to underworld gods |
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| Killed gods underworld gods |
Shackled gods underworld gods |
Omen gods underworld gods |
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Hybrid underworld gods |
Heavenly messengers of the underworld gods |
Half-yearly gods belonging to vegetation gods |
Seasonal gods belong to the gods of the moment |
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literature
- Johannes van Dijk: God. A. According to Sumerian texts. In: Ernst Weidner , Wolfram von Soden (Ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 3: Fabe1-Gyges. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1971, ISBN 3-11-003705-X , pp. 532-543, here pp. 532-534.