Kishar
Mesopotamian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Kishar is the earth entire, as Anshar is heaven entire — a totality rather than a place, which is what distinguishes her from the mother-goddesses who actually get worshipped. She can be read as an earth-mother figure, but the pair are essentially confined to Enuma Elish and have almost no cult. Her importance is genealogical: she and Anshar produce Anu, and everything that matters descends from there.
Parentage
Domains
- earth
Relations
- spouse: AnsharSister and wife of Anshar; earth entire to his heaven entire.Oracc AMGG: Kishar is the sister and wife of Anshar. (secondary)
- mother of: AnuMother of Anu.Oracc AMGG: Kishar is the mother of Anu. (secondary)
Sources
- Kishar, 'the entirety of earth', is the female half of the second primordial pair of Enuma Elish, sister and wife of Anshar and mother of Anu.: Enuma Elish, tablet I. (primary); Oracc AMGG, 'Anšar and Kišar'. (secondary)