Kakka (deity)
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Kakka is a messenger deity of the lower deities found in Babylonian and Akkadian mythology. Kakka is mentioned in numerous Mesopotamian writings in which he often appears with another ambassador god , Nuska , who serves various masters.
In a version of the inscription Nergal and Ereškigal found in the temple of Sultantepe , Kakka is the visor of the deity Anu who travels with Nergal and Namtar . You follow a path that leads from the underworld to the heavenly gate. According to the story, Anšar orders Kakka to relay the message to the male deity Laḫmu and the female deity Laḫamu .
Kakka, and especially his comrade Nuska, closely resemble a deity in Egyptian mythology .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jordan, Michael: Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. Infobase Publishing, 2014. ISBN 9781438109855
- ↑ Van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; Van der Horst, Pieter Willen: Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2014. ISBN 9780802824912
- ↑ Horowitz, Wayne: Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Eisenbrauns, 1998. ISBN 9780931464997
- ↑ Vogelzang, Marianna E .; Herman, HL; Vanstiphout, LJ: Mesopotamian Poetic Language: Sumerian and Akkadian. BRILL. ISBN 9789072371843
- ↑ Wettenhovi-Aspa, Sigurd: Kalevala ja Egypti. Suomen kultainen kirja II. Riemujuhlajulkaisu Kalevalan satavuotispäiväksi, 1935.