Near Eastern mythologies

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cultural heritage mythological tradition religious tradition

Near Eastern mythologies are the interconnected religious and mythic traditions of ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Canaan, Anatolia, and Persia, which deeply influenced later systems including Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ancient Near East—religion	1
Levantine mythology	1
Near Eastern mythologies canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage ⓘ mythological tradition ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
commonMotif	cosmic combat myths ⓘ creation myths ⓘ divine kingship ⓘ flood myths ⓘ storm gods ⓘ underworld journeys ⓘ
geographicRegion	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasComponent	Akkadian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Anatolian mythology ⓘ Aramaean mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Assyrian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Babylonian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Canaanite mythology ⓘ Elamite mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Hittite mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Hurrian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Luwian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian mythology ⓘ Phoenician mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumerian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugaritic mythology ⓘ Zoroastrian mythology ⓘ pre‑Zoroastrian Iranian mythology ⓘ
influenced	Greek mythology ⓘ Islamic religious tradition ⓘ Jewish religious tradition ⓘ Roman mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ early Christian thought ⓘ
partOf	ancient Near Eastern religions ⓘ
religiousFunction	explanation of cosmic order ⓘ legitimization of kingship ⓘ ritual foundation ⓘ
sharesMotifsWith	Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo‑European mythologies ⓘ
sourceType	cuneiform tablets ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ temple archives ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Classical antiquity ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek mythology → relatedTo → Near Eastern mythologies ⓘ

Die Entstehung des Judentums → subjectHeading → Near Eastern mythologies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Near East—religion

Attar (feminine form) → belongsToMythology → Near Eastern mythologies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levantine mythology