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Definition of Kishar
1. Noun. Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies 'the totality of the lower world'.
Definition of Kishar
1. Proper noun. In Akkadian mythology, the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, the first children of Tiamat and Apsu. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kishar
Literary usage of Kishar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow (1898)
"The creation of Anshar and Kishar marks indeed the beginning of a severe conquest
which ends in the overthrow of Tiamat, and while in the present form of ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1904)
"1 The same confusion is met with C. ANSHAR AND Kishar. 1. The first tablet of
the Babylonian Creation Epic mentions Anshar and Kishar after ..."
3. Bel, the Christ of Ancient Times by Hugo Radau (1903)
"8 The same confusion is met with C. ANSHAR AND Kishar. 1. The first tablet of
the Babylonian Creation Epic mentions Anshar and Kishar after ..."
4. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1900)
"... and Kishar were then created. By an arbitrary division of his name into An
and shar, the deity becomes the "one that embraces all that is above. ..."
5. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations: A Comparative by Zelia Nuttall (1901)
"... Anshar and Kishar were then created. By an arbitrary division of his name into
An and shar, the deity becomes the " one that embraces all that is above. ..."
6. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"Kishar: In Sumerian cosmology she mated with her brother Anshar to create the
great gods, including Enki. Kissinger, Henry Alfred: Secretary of State of the ..."
7. Proceedings by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England), Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England). (1904)
"Host of heaven and Host of earth (as Kishar may be analysed to mean), are not
personal names at all, but collective names of multitude. ..."
8. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"It would appear from these words that Tiamat had stirred up a rebellion also
among the gods descended from Anshar and Kishar, and succeeded in gathering ..."
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