Babylonian polytheism

E81616

ancient Mesopotamian religion polytheistic religion

Babylonian polytheism was the ancient Mesopotamian religious system centered on a pantheon of gods like Marduk, Ishtar, and Shamash, involving temple worship, rituals, and myths that shaped Babylonian culture and kingship.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Babylonian religion	16
Mesopotamian religion	3
Babylonian pantheon	2
Babylonian polytheism canonical	2
Akkadian religion	1
Babylonian culture	1
Babylonian gods	1
Babylonian mythology	1
Mesopotamian religions	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Mesopotamian religion ⓘ polytheistic religion ⓘ
associatedWith	Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
centralMyth	Enuma Elish ⓘ Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
cosmologyFeature	earth ⓘ heaven ⓘ netherworld ⓘ
cultCenter	Babylon ⓘ Esagila temple complex ⓘ
declineCause	political fall of Babylonian states ⓘ rise of Christianity ⓘ spread of Hellenistic religions ⓘ
festival	Akitu ⓘ
influenced	Assyrian religion ⓘ Canaanite religion ⓘ early Jewish thought ⓘ
linkedTo	Babylonian kingship ideology ⓘ New Year festival ⓘ
mainDeity	Marduk ⓘ
majorDeity	Adad ⓘ Anu ⓘ Ea ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar Nabu ⓘ Nergal ⓘ Shamash ⓘ Sin ⓘ
mythologicalTheme	creation of the world ⓘ divine kingship ⓘ flood narrative ⓘ
pantheon	Babylonian polytheism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Babylonian gods
practicedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ
priesthood	diviners ⓘ temple priests ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf	Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia
ritualElement	animal sacrifice ⓘ astrology ⓘ divination ⓘ incantation ⓘ libation ⓘ
scriptureLanguage	Akkadian ⓘ
scriptureWritingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
viewOnKing	king as representative of gods ⓘ
worshipPlace	temple ⓘ ziggurat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Babylonian polytheism
Description of subject: Babylonian polytheism was the ancient Mesopotamian religious system centered on a pantheon of gods like Marduk, Ishtar, and Shamash, involving temple worship, rituals, and myths that shaped Babylonian culture and kingship.

Referenced by (28)

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

Nebuchadnezzar II → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

Cyrus Cylinder → religiousContext → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Belshazzar → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Hellenistic religion → coexistedWith → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian religions

Assyria → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian religion

Code of Hammurabi → religiousContext → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian religion

Marduk → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Marduk → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian religion

Anu → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Enlil → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian religion

Enlil → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Mesopotamian deity Tammuz → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

subject surface form: Tammuz

this entity surface form: Babylonian culture

Neriglissar → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

Labashi-Marduk → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Babylonian polytheism → pantheon → Babylonian polytheism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian gods

Bel → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Shamash → worshippedIn → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Tammuz → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Lord of Babylon → hasDomain → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian pantheon

Sarpanit → pantheon → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian pantheon

mushhushshu dragon → culture → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

subject surface form: Mushhushshu

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Enki → influenceOn → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Anunnaki → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Anunnaki → partOf → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian mythology

Assyrian religion → sharesPantheonWith → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → religionPracticed → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Sîn → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion

Nergal-šarra-uṣur → religion → Babylonian polytheism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian religion