Anshar

Japanese: Anshar
Anshar

...The process by which Ashur transformed into the national god of the later Assyrian Empire paralleled the political development of Assyria. First, he was associated with Enlil, the king of the Babylonian gods, around the 13th century BC, and then, around the 9th century BC, he was identified with Anshar, the father of the supreme Babylonian god Anu. Ashur became the god above all other gods, and this established the theological foundation for the formation of the Assyrian Empire in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Incidentally, in the fragment of the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish unearthed in Ashur, Ashur, not Marduk, is the protagonist.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Anshar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…同神が後のアッシリア帝国の国家神へと変貌していく過程は,アッシリアの政治的発展の過程と並行する。まず前13世紀ころバビロニアの神々の王であったエンリル神と結びつき,次いで前9世紀ころバビロニアの至高神アヌの父であるアンシャルAnshar神と同一視されることによって,アッシュール神はあらゆる神々の上に立つ神となり,前8~前7世紀におけるアッシリアの帝国形成の神学的基盤ができ上がった。ちなみに,バビロニア創造神話《エヌマ・エリシュ》のアッシュール出土の断片では,マルドゥク神ではなくアッシュール神がその主人公となっている。…

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