Nabu (English spelling)

Japanese: ナブ（英語表記）Nabu

In Babylonian-Assyrian mythology, he is the patron deity of writing and the god of vegetation. His name seems to mean "the one who calls" or "the one who shines." He is the son of Marduk, and is responsible for writing the votes of the gods in the Inscription of Fate, at the beginning of the year at the festival of Zagmukh, when the fate of humans for the year is decided. He was given this role because he and his wife Tashmetome invented writing, and he also oversaw literature. His sanctuary was at Borshpa, and in Marduk's temple, Esangira, there was a chapel called Ezida. His name is not found before the First Babylonian Dynasty. He appears in the Old Testament as Nebo.

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Japanese:

バビロニア＝アッシリア神話に出てくる書記術の守護神，植物神。その名は「呼ぶ者」または「輝く者」を意味するらしい。マルドゥクの息子で，年の初めのザグムークの祭典で人間たちの1年間の運命が決定される神々の議決を運命の碑文に書込む役目をもつ。この役目が与えられたのは，彼と妻タシュメトームが文字を発明したからであり，彼は文学も司った。彼の聖所はボルシパにあり，マルドゥクの神殿エサンギラの中にエジダと呼ばれる礼拝堂があった。バビロニア第1王朝以前には，その名は見出されない。旧約聖書ではネボとして登場する。

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