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Mito: En una expedición de la pesca en el golfo persa, Adapa estaba buffeted por el viento del sur. La maldición de Adapa, sin embargo, era tan fuerte que es podía romper las alas del viento del sur. Cuando Anu convocó Adapa al cielo debido a sus acciones, el Ea vistió Adapa en una harpillera y preguntado le rechazar cualquier alimento le ofreció. Tammuz le saludó y él informó al dios que moría que él faltó su ausencia de la tierra, un sentimiento que fue recibido bien. Su admisión de la culpabilidad franca apaciguió Anu y le ofrecieron el ' alimento de la vida ' y la ' agua de la vida ' que él declinó, siguiendo su consejo de los padres. Él entonces volvió a Eridu donde él realizó que su padre le había dicho no validar el alimento solamente para negarle inmotalidad. Él entonces realizó que la enfermedad y la muerte serían la porción de humanidad
Adonis - Adon significa que derivan al señor en canaanite y Adonis de ése. Los Griegos adoptaron un culto asociado a Adonis que fue matado por un verraco salvaje, un animal santo de la fertilidad para los sirios. Sus templos más importantes estaban en Byblos y Paphos. En Babylon, el templo de Astarte celebró la muerte y el resurrection de Adonis. Su reappearance fue marcado por la floración de la anémona roja.
Ahriman - mal del principio en mitología persa. Como Angra Mainya, Ahriman primero introdujo muerte en el mundo. Él condujo las fuerzas del mal contra bueno. Estos dos, Ahriman y Ahura Mazdah, siguen guías de consulta mythological " clásicas, " así que hablar. Son buenos contra mal y elegir el camino righteous conduce ' para satisfacer al señor sabio '.
Mito: Estas dos fuerzas estaban siempre en batalla. Ahura Mazdah dijo a Zoroaster que Angra Mainya hubiera trastornado sus planes para hacer Persia en un paraíso terrestre. Angra Mainya tomó placer en ' elegir hacer las cosas peores. Para frustrar Ahura Mazdah él introdujo la helada en invierno, el calor en verano, toda la manera de enfermedades y muchas otras enfermedades que el hombre tuvo que aguantar. Él también creó el dragón Azhi Dahaka que trajo la destrucción a la tierra.
Ahura Mazdah - originalmente Ahura, ' el señor ' él pudo haber sido conectado con Mithra, la regla del día. Al profeta Zoroaster lo elevó a la posición del supremo y adquirió el epíteto Mazdah o ' sabio '. Él concedió el fuego como símbolo de la verdad sobre sus seguidores. La luz o el fuego fue opuesta a la oscuridad y representó la verdad y el righteousness, asha.
Mito: Azhi Dahaka ha usurpado el trono terrenal. La necesidad del dragón tres-dirigido ha causado ' necesidad y miseria, hambre y sed, viejas edad y muerte, luto y lamentation, calor y frío excesivos, el mezclarse de demonios y los hombres '. Atar, hijo de Ahura Mazdah, superó el dragón que fue consignado al fondo de un océano profundo. El dragón, sin embargo, era destinado escapar y destruir a una tercera humanidad antes de que lo mataran. El fuego divino era el símbolo de Ahura Mazdah.
Alilat - diosa árabe de la madre, un deity creado bajo Assirian significativo e influencia babilónica. Los historiadores han registrado que Nabateans revered una piedra cuatro-echada a un lado conocida como allat o alilat. Estas piedras eran a menudo una característica de la gente nómada de Asia del oeste.
Amun - dios RAM-DIRIGIDO egipcio. Amun fue mostrado a menudo como hombre barbudo que desgastaba un casquillo con dos plumes altos. Amun es un dios del cielo de Tehran que potencia era la más grande cuando los egipcios expelieron los Hisopo y ampliaron sus límites a Canaan. Amun pronto vino se asocie a res. Como guarda dynastic, Amun-Re era rey de los dioses, presenta en el pharaoh de la decisión. Sobre lo miraban como uno de los creador del universo y fueron buscado para su generosidad sabida. A los Griegos, lo identificaron con Zeus y era famoso por su oráculo en Siwa en Libia.
- el personification del cielo en mitología sumeria. Lo personificaron como un humano, desemejante de dioses y de diosas egipcios, él seguía siendo una figura vaga, el sobreviviente de un mito de la creación. Él era el padre de Enlil y era sabido pues Anu es el pantheon de Assiryo-Babylonian. Él se retiró en fondo antes de los dioses activos. Su símbolo era la estrella.
Anubis - el dios funerario dirigido Jackal de Egipto era el principal deity en quién debían los rezos mortuorios ser hechos antes de la subida de su padre, Osiris. Lo consideran el patrón del embalsamiento y el guarda de la tumba.
Arca - en Sainai Moses fue encima de la montaña y Yahweh habló con él. Sin embargo, después de que para la fabricación del de oro y el romperse de las primeras tablillas de la ley Moses fue dicho por Yahweh formar una arca o un pecho en las cuales salvar las segundas marca en la tableta. La ' arca del convenio de oro ', era el símbolo de la creencia hebrea en un lazo especial con cielo y estaba en una ocasión capturada por el Philistines. Sin embargo, fueron obligados para volverla, como los habitantes de cada ciudad en donde apareció la arca fue golpeada violentamente con plagas.
Ashur - el dios asirio de la guerra, él asumió el control el papeles de los dioses asirios Enlil y Marduk. Lo retrataron como disco con alas que incluía un arqueamiento listo dejó el fuego una flecha. Su consort era Ishtar, que respondió al temperament guerrero de su compañero brotando una cerveza que vino sus pechos.
Astarte - la diosa de la madre en los textos de Ras Shamra aparece como Anat, Athirat y Athrat con excepción de Astarte. El consort y la hermana de Baal, ella era el dios canaanite más activo. Con su adulación del EL, Baal fue permitido construir una casa en Saphon, una montaña situada en ' las caras del norte '. A pesar de nombres tenga gusto ' del virginal ' y ' de la virgen?, Astarte era los enemigos más agresivos, slaying lo más de Baal y el desear al arqueamiento de Aquhat de los posses. Egipto la adoptó como Hathor y los cuernos de los cow?s de Hathor han venido ser una parte de su iconography.
Attis - uno mismo-mutilaron y uno mismo-fueron resucitado al hijo de Cybele, Attis.
Baal - significado literal: ' señor '. En Canaan el viejo título de los dioses locales de la fertilidad. Baal no emergió como dios distinto de la lluvia hasta épocas comparativamente últimas, cuando él aparece haber ganado las funciones especiales para cada uno.
Mito: Después de construir una casa en Saphon Baal anunció que él reconocería no más de largo la autoridad de Mot, ' muerte '. Excluido de la buena cara de Baal, Mot fue dicho para vagar solamente desiertos de los earth?s. En respuesta a este desafío, Mot invitó a Baal a su domicilio que para probar su propio precio. Incapaz evitar el desafío, Baal juntado con un becerro para consolidarse y precisar. Anat, ayudado por la diosa Shapat del sol, traído detrás el cadáver para el entierro. Athtar colocado EL del trono de la fertilidad. Anat, sin embargo, dolorido faltado su marido y hermano muertos. Cuando ella aboga por para resucitar Baal cayó en los oídos sordos que ella no tenía ninguna opción pero asaltar sin piedad Mot rasgándolo en pedazos ' con un cuchillo sostenido ', dispersando a sus miembros ' con un campo del aventamiento ', quemándose lo ' en un fuego ', moliéndolo ' en un molino ' y ' concluído los campos derramando el suyo permanecía. En mientras tanto el beheld del EL una vuelta a la fertilidad en su sueño y descubierta que Baal no era realmente muerto. Baal fue encontrado por Shapat a su debido tiempo y Athtar huyó del trono. Mot, sin embargo, podía renovar su ataque pero ninguno de los dos dioses podía ganar la victoria. El EL caminó adentro y despidió Mot, dejando Baal en la posesión de los campos.
Bastet - Egyptian cat-goddess first associated with a lioness. This goddess was cat-headed and had her cult at Bubastis a necropolis that housed mummified cats. Cats were revered in the Egyptian household. It was impious to hunt lions during the festival of Bastet.
Bes - A deity, of Nubian origin, that was popular in Egypt as a household deity. He is usually depicted as a dwarf with a large bearded face, shaggy eyebrows, long hair, large projecting ears, a flat nose, and a protruding tongue. His arms are thick and long, his legs are bowed and he wears a tail. He is shown in full face unlike other Egyptian deities, which are always shown in profile. Bes was a genial figure associated with human pleasures, a guardian against misfortune.
El - The first Canaanite god. The father of gods and men, El was remote, old and was the 'benevolent and merciful lord'. He was the one that propagated the marriage of Baal and Anat, Baals defeat of Yam and Mot, and Baals title as bestower of life giving rain. El is always shown as a seated figure wearing bull's horns as a symbol of strength. Two epic cycles associated with El tell of Keret and Aqhat. The first tells of the assistance given to Keret, son of El and a righteous king. The second tells of when Anat steals the bow of Aqhat, the son of whom El had granted to King Daniel.
Enki - Sumerian water god of Eridu. Along with the God An, Enlil, and Ninhursaga, Enki was one of the creators in Sumerian Mythology. Enki was the God of lustration and was associated with a cleansing power. Therefore, priests wore garments in the form of fish during purification processes.
Myth: In paradisal Dilmun, now identified with Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, The water god lived with the earth god, Ninhursaga. It was a happy place, a utopia where there was no violence, no disease or aging. Enki's union with Ninhursaga had turned the island into a fruitful garden, as the only thing that was missing, water, had been provided by Enki. However, when Enki ate eight plants grown by the earth mother, she cast a curse on him where he contracted disease in eight parts of his body. His condition declined rapidly and the other gods were powerless to stop it. Until the fox spoke up. The fox offered to bring Ninhursaga back to Dilmun, provided there was significant reward. Ninhursaga agreed and created eight deities to heal her consort's afflictions.
Enlil - The Sumerian God of earth and air. At the beginning of the primeval waters generated a cosmic mountain, which consisted of heaven and earth. The former was personified by the god An and the later as the goddess Ki. An and Ki gave birth to Enlil, who separated his parents and united his mother to beget mankind. His principal gift to mankind was the pickaxe.
Myth: Enlil was banished from the nether world for raping the goddess Ninlil, but she decided to follow him in order to give birth in his presence. The banished god, however, managed the escape of their child, Nanna, the moon god, so that he could become the light of the night sky.
Etana - King of Kish.
Myth: He made an attempt to ascend to heaven on the back of an eagle and obtain the 'plant of birth' since his queen could not give birth. Shamash, the sun god, had suggested that Etana seek an Eagle caught in a pit. He found an eagle that was trapped by a serpent after it had taken the serpents young. The eagle, in gratitude to its rescuer, took him to heaven. At this point, the story splits into two contrary parts. One narrates of how Etana got afraid and the eagle faltered and they fell to earth and were killed. However, another mentions a son of Etana as King of Kish.
Gayomart - Literal translation: 'dying life'. In Persian mythology, he was the primeval man, the creation of Ahura Mazdah. For 3000 years, he lived as a spirit before he assumed the corporeal form of a youth. After lasting as a youth for 30 years he was poisoned by evil's, Ahriman's, creation. Jeh, or 'the whore'. From his seed grew Mashye and Mashyane, who forsook Ahura Mazdah for Ahriman and were damned to hell forever.
Gilgamesh - Semi-legendary King of Uruk.
Myth(s): Born of a union of a goddess and a man, Gilgamesh was 2/3 divinity and 1/3 mortal. Akkadian myths portray Gilgamesh as a tyrant. The people of Uruk beseeched the gods for help. In response to their pleas, the mother goddess Aruru fashioned a grass-eating wild man from spittle and clay, Ekindu. Upon hearing the news, Gilgamesh sent a temple prostitute to ensnare the wild man who had never experienced sensual pleasures. The prostitute reared the wild man in civilized ways and fired his ambition to topple Gilgamesh. The fight ended in the defeat of Ekindu and the start of a lifelong friendship between the Heroes.
Together the friends set upon a series of adventures. They invaded the cedar forest of the fire-breathing Huwawa, which they defeated with the assistance of Shamash. Another pivotal point in the story came when Ishtar offered her love to Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh, however, rejected her with pointed remarks about her fickleness and inconsistency. Enraged, Ishtar demanded that Anu release a bull that would cause destruction for mankind. The two heroes slayed the beast, but in doing so, excited the wrath of the gods. Enlil obtained Ekindu's death in punishment for their arrogance.
Overwhelmed with grief and the fear of mortality, Gilgamesh sought to find a way to become immortal. He decided to seek the help of his immortal ancestor Utanapishtim. However, in order to reach Utanapishtim's residence Gilgamesh had to cross the waters of death, a task that could only be accomplished by the aid of the special ferryman Ursanapi.
Gilgamesh found the ferryman, built a special boat and reached Utanapishtim. The only chance that Gilgamesh had for immortality was the plant, 'Never Grow Old' which grew at the bottom of the sea. Gilgamesh retrieved the plant, but on the way home he slept near a water-hole. A serpent smelled the wonderful perfume of the leaves, stole up and swallowed the plant. Gilgamesh awoke and realixing his fate as death, he wept in utter grief.
Hadad - Literally, 'the crasher'. The foremost deity of the Aramaen peoples of Syria was Hadad, synonymous with Baal-Hadad, who convulsed the earth, shook mountains and blasted trees. The rulers of Damascus were known in Biblical times as 'the sons of Hadad'. Hadad may have been a fertility god.
Haoma - The Persian equivalent of the Hindu Soma, the elixir of life. As a celestial deity Haoma was 'correct in faith and the adversary of death'.
Hapi - To the Egyptians, Hapi was a well-fed plump god who took pleasure in exchanging gifts. Hapi was the river god, and was represented holding a corn and a cornucopia. The river god was offered food, precious ornaments, and jewels.
Hathor - The cow goddess represented by a cow with the solar disc or a woman with a cows horn with the solar disc between them. She is identified with Hathor of Denderah. Hathor was a fertility goddess and was regarded as the tutelary deity of beauty, love and marriage.
Horus - Falcon headed god conceived by Isis, sister and wife of Osiris, of the slain god and raised in utmost secrecy on the delta marshes. Horus was raised specifically to avenge the slaying of his father by Set.
Myth: Illuyankas overcame the weather god, but the goddess Inaras set a trap for the dragon. She spread a feast and obtained the help of her lover too feed Illuyankas and his children to the point where they could no longer enter their lair. Then the goddess's lover tied them up with a strong cord and the weather god slew the dragon.
Imhotep - One of the deified mortals of the Egyptian religion. The architect built the step-pyramid for king Zoser, about 2650 BC, Imhotep later became a popular god of healing. Imhotep was a patron of learning and was portrayed as a priest with a shaven head holding a papyrus at his feet.
Inanna - Inanna was the most important goddess in the Sumerian Pantheon. She was the daughter of Anu or Enlil and one of the variations of the name was Ninanna meaning 'mistress of heaven'. Her temples were usually built in groups of two, one for her and one for her consort Dumuzi. Inanna was best known as the goddess of fertility and love.
Ishtar - In Babylonian mythology, Ishtar was the equivalent of Inanna. Ishtar was the wife and sister of Tammuz, the Sumerian Dumuzi. As a war goddess Ishtar was especially honored in Assyria. She carried a bow and a quiver and had a beard.
Isis - The mother goddess of Egypt. Isis was the daughter of Geb and Nut, the wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus. She was depicted as a woman often suckling her child, Horus, on her lap. She was identified with Hathor. Using her clever mind, Isis was able to gain a portion of Re's power. Therefore she sparkled as the constellation Sirius, while her cult spread to Greek and Rome.
Leviathan - Meaning 'coiled'. The sea-serpent of Herbrew myth is equivalent to Tiamat and Ras Shamra Lotan, the monster slain by Anat. He is a fierce dragon usually identified with hell.
Maat - Daughter of Re and the Egyptian Goddess of truth, wore a single ostrich feather. Hers was the feather used in the Egyptian 'pan of balance'.
Marduk - Meaning, 'bull-calf of the sun'. Marduk has been a god of incarnation and magic from early times. This double-headed sun god was given the title Bel 'lord' after he became the head of the Babylonian pantheon after he slayed Tiamat, the salt-water she-dragon.
Melqart - The Canaanite Heracles and the city god of Tyre. He is associated with the sea and navigation. Cape Melqart still exists in Sicily and is not unlikely that the pillars of Hercules may have formerly been called the pillars of Melqart.
Min - The Egyptian Priapus, Min was shown as a man wearing a head-dress from which rose two plumes, holding a scepter in the form of a whip and with his sexual member fully erect. He was a chthonic deity.
Mithra - Of all the celestial beings ruling over this earth, he was most popular with the Persians, who thought of him as the son of Ahura Mazdah. Mithra was the light that preceded the son, the one that drove away the darkness. Mithra was all-seeing, nothing would escape his gaze, not matter how small or insignificant it might appear. Mithra was the god of war and was the protector of kings and warriors. Mithra means 'friend'. Mithra was the friend to those who followed the path of righteousness and Ahura Mazdah, and evil to those who forsook Ahura Mazdah for the evil Ahriman.
Moloch - A Roman author records that in Carthage there was a bronze statue of statue of a deity on the outstretched hands of which a child was placed so it could fall into the fire below. It was previously thought that Moloch was another name for Melqart, however, the present view is that it is a name for this ancient Canaanite rite.
Nehebkau - One of the fierce demons that endangered a person in the Egyptian underworld. He was a serpent with human arms and legs that, once tamed by Re, acted as a loyal servant to the sun god.
Nergal - Nergal was represented wearing a crown and waited upon by 14 gruesome attendants. His city was Cutha, whose name could have meant death. He was Irra, god of pestilence, fire, battle, and the desert. He was also the sun god Shamash, who lent fierce winds that aided Gilgamesh and Ekindu. Nergal was feared and zealously propitiated.
Myth: Ereshkigal, 'the mistress of death', summoned Negral for his refusal to stand up in the assemble of gods before her envoy. The gods agreed the Negral should depart them, and Ea gave him an escort of 14 demons that caused sickness. Negral used these demons to his advantage and gained control of the seven portals of the nether world. Once inside the throne room, Negral seized Ereshkigal and almost slayed her. Ereshkigal, however, agreed to be his wife and acknowledge him as the ruler of the kingdom of the dead. Negral ruled the kingdom of death as her consort.
Nimrod - King of Shinar.
Ninhursaga - One of the chief Sumerian deities, mother earth. Ninhursaga ranks after Anu with her brother Enlil. Ninhursaga represented productivity, the goddess reaped from the ground. Her domain extends over wildlife.
Ninurta - The Sumerian war god who had the power over the spring flood and the thunderstorm. Ninurta may actually mean 'Lord Plough'. Gradually his elemental attributes may have become that of an archetypal warrior king.
Nun - Primeval waters of Egyptian mythology.
Nut - Egyptian Sky goddess. Atum rose from Nun and created Shu and Tefnut. From their union came Geb and Nut. The Sun was a child that entered her mouth every evening, passed through her body during the night and was born from her womb again in the morning.
Osiris - The Egyptian Savior and the chief deity of death. Osiris is credited with civilizing much of the world. Sacred to him was the town of Zedu. Osiris was represented as a bearded man, either green or black in color, wearing the crown of Upper Egypt and swathed like a mummy.
Ptah - A leading member in the Egyptian pantheon. His culture center was at Memphis where he had the lion goddess Sakhmet as wife and Nefertem as son. Ptah-Nun created the world. He may have been the crafts god as the Greeks associated them with Haphaistos.
Rashnu - The 'just' judge in Persian mythology. 'His spiritual scales favor no one; neither good nor the bad, nor yet kings and princes. Not for a hair's breadth will he deviate, for he is the respector of persons. He deals out impartial justice to the highest and the lowest.' He was the one that decided what would happen to the souls of a dead man.
Re - The sun god. The worship of the sun god rose to new heights during the reign of Akhenaton whose transforming zeal reject the gods created by the past pharaohs. Re was extremely powerful and had a cult that spread across much of Egypt. His cult center was Heliopolis. Re was credited as the creator of the Universe and brought about Shu and Tefnut alone (believed to be through masturbation or some form of spittle).
Saoshyant - Savior. In Persian mythology one who will come to renew all life at the end of time. The purpose of the savior is to cleanse the world of Ahriman and resurrect all of the dead. The dead shall include birth the damned and the blessed. He shall then let forth a burning torrent that all mankind shall have to endure. To the blessed however, it shall seem like warm milk, but to the damned it shall be exactly what it is. This process shall cleanse mankind and the world will return to Ohrmuzd in joy.
Satan - Malevolent things which haunt the air and the secret places of the earth.
Seker - Egyptian funerary god in the form of a mummified man with the head of the falcon. Sekers cult was located in Memphis. His domain was one where the serpent Nehebkau lay in wait for the dead. Often Seker was identified with Osiris. Both are mummified men.
Serapis - The state god of Polemic Egypt (period of Macedonian Rule, 305-30 BC). Portrayed as a man with curly hair and a beard wearing a basket upon his head. Serapis was the healer of the sick, a deity who was superior to fate.
Seth - Seth had a donkey-like appearance according to painters who painted his gravestones. They saw him as a man with long legs, broad ears and a short upright tail. However, over the years the God was transformed into a magnificent beast, not unlike a dog. Seth was 'lord of upper Egypt', the chief city being Ombos. Seth was also a rival to his nephew Horus and his brother's, Osiris's, worst enemy.
Sheba - Queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem to test the wisdom of King Solomon with extremely difficult questions. Around the visit of the nameless queen, legend has woven a rich tapestry.
Simon Magus - This Canaanite sorcerer exercised the mind of Christian theologians due to his Gnostic teachings. Gnosis, 'knowledge', was Simon Magus's principal claim. Simon Magus possessed an understanding of the cosmos, human nature, and destiny. Simon Magus is remembered today for the sin of simony.
Sin - The moon god of Ur and the first son of Enlil. As 'lord of the calendar', his cult exhibited monotheistic tendencies since they believed no other god knew of Sin's plans and Sin was the one that determined destiny. Sin was also known as Suen and Nanna. Refereed to in prayer as 'perfect in lordliness', Sin was associated with fertility, the nether world, and kinship.
Sphinx - In Egyptian Mythology the Sphinx was the image of the sun god. The Sphinx has a human head and a lions body that is wearing the headdress of the pharaohs. It was in the third millennium BC that Chepren had craftsmen shape the great Sphinx at Giza. In Greek Mythology a Sphinx was a monster with the face and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion, and wings. The Sphinx was sent by Hera to afflict the city of Thebes.
Sraosha - Means 'to hearken'. Originally a genius of hearing and obeying in Persian mythology. In Zoroastrian times Sraosha was Ahura Mazdah's all-hearing ear which listened for the cries of men wronged by Ahriman.
Telipinu - The Hittite deity of agriculture.
Myth: When the god of Agriculture left in a temper, both gods and men faced ruin. The land was dry and plants dried up, famine swept the land, women were no longer able to give birth. The sun god's attempts to find the missing deity were unsuccessful. Then the mother god Hannahanna sent out a bee to sting Telipinu and smear him with wax to bring him back home. The stings, however, failed to do anything but enrage Telipinu who then brought massive floods upon the land that washed away houses and killed people. It was not until Kamrusepas, the goddess of spells, removed Telipinu's anger in a special ceremony, that Telepinu came back to his temple.
Thoth - The scribe of the Egyptian gods. Thoth was credited with the foundation of law, the advancement of learning, and the invention of hieroglyphic writing. The modern pack of playing cards is sometimes called 'the book of Thoth'.
Tiamat - Babylonian She-dragon Slain by Marduk.
Ullikummi - Ullikummi was a giant that was locked in conflict with generations of gods. Ullikummi was made out of diorite stone and when he was taken down to earth and put on the right shoulder of Upelluri, an atlas figure, he grew with such rapidity that the sun god ran to warn the storm god.
Myth: From the summit of a mountain Teshub and Ishtar and Tasmisus viewed the monstrous Ullikummi rise out of the sea. The storm god pounded the giant with all his might, but Ullikummi was unharmed. He grew so huge that Teshub had no choice to give up Kummiya to Ullikummi. Teshub pleaded to the Gods for help and Ea called a meeting of the gods. The council broke up in dismay and Ea consulted Enlil and the went to Upelluri, self-absorbed and unaware of the struggle. When Ea looked closely at Upelluri's right shoulder, he saw Ullikummi's right feet. He then brought out a copper saw and sawed off Ullikummi's feet. Cut off from his power, Ullikummi lost and Teshub was restored.
Vahagn - The national deity of the Ancient Armenians. Vahagn was the god of war and was popular enough to avoid the fates of the lesser deities. Vahagn was associated with the sun, lightning, and fire. He had a hair of fire, a beard of flame and his eyes were suns. He was identified with Heracles because of his heroism.
Yima - In Persian mythology Yima is schizoid. Like the Hindu Yama, he was regarded as the first man and progenitor of the human race. Yima is credited with the subjugation of the demons , taking away their lands and riches. On three occasion he extended his borders for all the 'cattle great and small, men and dogs, birds and red, burning fire'. At the end of time Yima will return and refurbish the earth.
Zu - The lion-headed Sumerian storm-bird took the tablets of destiny from Enlil and threatened the very existence of gods as whoever wrote them on the breast was the supreme ruler of the world. The gods could not find a champion to retrieve these tablets until Ninurta, god of war and the chase, found the nest of Zu and recovered the tablets.