Aruru
[ ah-roo-roo ]
noun
the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.
Origin of Aruru
1First recorded in 1885–90
Words Nearby Aruru
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How to use Aruru in a sentence
The elders of Uruk beg his mother, the mother-goddess Aruru (a form of Ishtar), to restrain him.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerThe divine beings hearkened, and the goddess Aruru made Eabani, the wild man, from a piece of clay.
An Introduction to Mythology | Lewis SpenceUltimately the people prayed to the goddess Aruru to create a liberator.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieThe people in their distress appeal to Aruru to create a rival to Gilgamesh.
An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic | AnonymousIn this account of the creation it is stated (line 21) that the goddess Aruru with Marduk created mankind.
Archology and the Bible | George A. Barton
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