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Test your knowledge about Mesopotamian Gods and Demons.

Author Aya Etana

1. Anzu is a giant bird with a head of a lion who stoled the tablet of destiny. He was killed by:
   A)  Anu
   B)  Ninurta
   C)  Ishtar

2. The story of Gilgamesh is one of the most known epic in the world. Humbaba is one of it’s monsters. What did he keep?
   A)  A cedar forest
   B)  A wine cellar
   C)  Ishtar’s house

3. He is the Mesopotamian God who, after trying to wipe out mankind due to their noise and numbers, repents. However, there is a stipulation about childbirth (1/3 of the women do not give birth successfully and the pasittu-demon is to take children from their mothers’ laps) which he gives to try and control man’s population.
   A)  Anu
   B)  Marduk
   C)  Enlil

4. This demon makes its home in the trunk of the hullupu-tree and causes the Sumerian Goddess Inanna no end of grief.
   A)  Lilith
   B)  Pasittu-demon
   C)  Galla-demon

5. Mami, the great fertility goddess, was consort of this god of plague:
   A)  Erra
   B)  Tammuz
   C)  Ennugi

6. The Lamashtu demon was known to kidnap...
   A)  Cows
   B)  Young girls
   C)  Children

7. Mushhushshu is one of the most famous figures of the Ishtar Gate. He is known to protect the gods. What does his name mean?
   A)  "Protector of the almighty"
   B)  "the friend of Humbaba"
   C)  "furious snake"

8. Like in other religions, the sumerian one had also a netherworld, a "land of no return". What is the sumerian word for it?
   A)  Kurnugi
   B)  Kunugi
   C)  Knugi

9. In the famous horror movie The Exorcist, you can see several times a mesopotamian demon.
   A)  Bull Man
   B)  Scorpion Man
   C)  Pazuzu

10. Shamash, the sun god, enters and exits the underworld through a set of gates in the mountain. Who are the keepers of those gates?
   A)  The Scorpion People
   B)  The Bull Twins
   C)  The Winged Lions