Aruru

American  

[ah-roo-roo] / ɑˈru ru /

noun

1. the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.

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Etymology

Origin of Aruru

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Associated with Marduk in the creation of mankind is a goddess Aruru.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Ya'ruru is seemingly the old form of Aruru, one of the names of Ištar, who was also worshipped there.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Have we perhaps in Aruru the real name of the old goddess of Erech?

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Apparently she was identical with Aruru, creatrix of the seed of mankind, who was associated with Merodach when the first man and the first woman were brought into being.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

I venture to suggest, therefore, that Aruru and Ishtar of Erech are one and the same personage.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris