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

Aruru was the goddess of progeny, and is one of the forty-one names by which “the lady of the gods” was known.

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

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.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

The people in their distress appeal to Aruru to create a rival to Gilgamesh.

From An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Jastrow, Morris

In their origin Bau and Aruru are alike but Dam-kina under other names,—the earth-spirits of the old Sumerian religion, who beget or create all living things.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Ultimately the people prayed to the goddess Aruru to create a liberator.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander