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* Marduk, water, vegetation, judgment and magic; son of Enki and Damkina. As the patron deity of Babylon who was created to justify the Babylonians' dominance, you could call him an [[Ur Example]] of a [[Marty Stu]].
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* [[Back From the Dead]]: Dumuzi, Inanna's husband, in a [[Just-So Story]] about the origin of the seasons.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: The courtship of Ereshkigal, Queen of the Netherworld and Nergal, god of plagues and fire.
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* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Ninkasi, Siris and Siduri, goddesses of beer.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Many religious scholars believe that Inanna, due to the difficulty in deciphering the origin of her name, her constantly changing parentage, and the fact that she explicitly had no responsibilities at first, was originally a Proto-Euphratean goddess incorporated into the Sumerian pantheon.
* [[Chickification]]: Can be observed from looking at the oldest Sumerian myths to its later derivatives. One example is Nammu, who went from the sole creator goddess in Sumerian myths to her more well-known Babylonian version Tiamat, a co-creatrix who after the death of her husband became a tyrant who is probably the [[Ur Example]] of [[God Save Us From the Queen]]. Sumerian Ereshkigal was the sole ruler of the underworld, but in later Assyro-Babylonian myths she was subdued by Nergal and forced to cede her power to him. Several other goddesses known to us mainly as [[Shallow Love Interest
* [[Child Eater]]: Dimme and Dimme-kur (Akhkhazu). Sometimes Lilitu as well.
* [[Copy Cat Sue|Copy Cat Stu]]: In the lost Sumerian version of Enuma Elish, Enlil was probably responsible for vanquishing Nammu/Tiamat. In the Babylonian version, this honor was given to Marduk.
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* [[The Vamp]]: Lilitu, who was ordered by the gods to attempt to lead men astray.
* [[The Courtship Of Inanna And Dumuzi]]
* [[Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld|Inannas Descent to The Netherworld]]
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