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This article refers to the Sumerian deity. Mesopotamian mythology is the collective name given to Sumerian Akkadian Assyrian and Babylonian mythologies from the land between the Tigris See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always For other uses, see Utu (disambiguation).

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In Sumerian mythology, Utu is the son of the moon god Nanna and the goddess Ningal. Mesopotamian mythology is the collective name given to Sumerian Akkadian Assyrian and Babylonian mythologies from the land between the Tigris Sin (Akkadian Sîn, Suen; Sumerian Nanna) is a Sumerian God in Mesopotamian mythology. Ningal ("Great Lady" in Sumerian mythology was a goddess of reeds daughter of Enki and Ningikurga and the consort of the moon god Nanna His brother and sister are Ishkur and Inanna. This article is about the Sumerian god Adad also known as Ishkur. Inanna ( D INANNA B153ellstpng|100x20px|INANNA]]) is the Sumerian goddess of sexual love fertility and warfare

Utu is the god of the sun and of justice, and the implementation of law. He is usually depicted as wearing a horned helmet and carrying a saw-edged weapon not unlike a pruning saw, which it is thought he used to cut through the side of a mountain from which he emerges, symbolising the dawn. He may also carry a mace and stand with one foot on the mountain.

He rises in "the mountains of the east" and sets in the "mountains of the west".

Sumerian Utu corresponds to Akkadian Shamash. For the Canaanite sun godess see Shemesh Shamash was the common Akkadian name of the Sun-god and god of justice in Babylonia

Marduk is spelled AMAR. Marduk ( Sumerian spelling in Akkadian: AMARUTU 𒀫 𒌓 "solar calf" perhaps from MERI UTU in Sumerian, literally, "the calf of Utu" or "the young bull of the Sun".

References

^ Kasak, Enn; Veede, Raul (2001). "Understanding Planets in Ancient Mesopotamia (PDF)". Electronic Journal of Folklore 16: 7–35. Estonian Literary Museum. ISSN 1406-0957. An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication.

Michael Jordon, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002