Gibil

Gibil is the god of fire in Sumerian mythology . Gibil is seen as the son of Anu and Ki , of Anu and Šala or of Iškur and Šala. His name was mostly written inverted as ^d BIL.GI.

There is a syncretism to the Babylonian god Girra . The name Gibil is found in the Babylonian creation myth Enūma eliš under the 50 names of Marduk .

literature

• Walter Beltz : The Gate of the Gods , Der Morgen, Berlin 1978

• Brigitte Groneberg : The gods of the Mesopotamia. Cults, Myths, Epen , Artemis & Winkler, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-7608-2306-8 .