Anzû

Titles:

Divine Storm-bird, Personification of Southern Wind and Thunder Clouds

Culture:

Mesopotamian

Kin:

Earth & Waters of Apsu (natural parents), Siris (human father)

Appearance:

Anzû usually manifests as a gigantic black thundercloud in the shape of an eagle, but is also depicted as a massive man-bird hybrid who can breathe fire and water. He is alternately known to appear as a lion-headed eagle (the lion’s roar representative of thunder).

Purpose/Role:

• Most known for stealing the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil and hiding them on a mountaintop (Sumerian/Akkadian]
• Played a role in Babylonian cosmogony by stripping the father of the gods of umsimi (the “creative organ” or “phallus”), rendering him impotent
  • cf. the genital mutilation of Ouranos by Kronos in Greek mythology, and of Osiris by Set in Egyptian mythology

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