Aruru
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Aruru
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Aruru was the goddess of progeny, and is one of the forty-one names by which “the lady of the gods” was known.
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The people sigh under the burden imposed, and call upon the goddess Aruru to create a being who might act as a rival to Gilgamesh, curb his strength, and dispute his tyrannous control.
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At all events, the occurrence of Aruru in this second 'creation' story points to her as belonging to the district of which Erech was the center.
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The goddess Aruru, a deity of Sippar, and one of the forms of "the lady of the gods", is associated with Merodach as the creatrix of the seed of mankind.
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The goddess Aruru created the seed of mankind along with him.
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