Social:Antu (goddess)

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Short description: Babylonian goddess
Antu
Personal information
ConsortAnu
ChildrenThe Anunnaki, the Utukki, Inanna (Possibly)
Greek equivalentHera, Dione,[1] Gaia[2]
Roman equivalentJuno, Tellus[2]

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In Akkadian mythology, Antu or Antum (Akkadian:𒀭𒌈) is a Babylonian goddess. She was the first consort of Anu, and the pair were the parents of the Anunnaki and the Utukki.

Antu was a later development of Ki, an earlier Sumerian earth goddess.[3] She was also conflated with Kishar.[4]

According to the Akkadian pantheon, clouds were Antum's breasts and that rain was her breast milk.[3]

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