Anshar

Babylonian deity
Person deity Q771497
Anshar
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Anshar

Summary

Anshar is a deity[1]. He draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (deity category, ranking #68 of 486).[2]

Key Facts

  • Anshar's father was Lahmu[3].
  • Anshar's mother was Lahamu[4].
  • Among Anshar's spouses was Kishar[5].
  • A child of Anshar was Anu[6].
  • Anshar's image is recorded as Asur-Stier.PNG[7].
  • Anshar is recorded as male[8].
  • Anshar's instance of is recorded as deity[9].
  • Anshar's Commons category is recorded as Anshar[10].
  • Anshar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03j_lk[11].
  • Anshar's worshipped by is recorded as Sumerian religion[12].
  • Anshar's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Anshar[13].
  • Anshar's sibling is recorded as Kishar[14].
  • Anshar's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i86625[15].
  • Anshar's De Agostini ID is recorded as Anšar[16].
  • Anshar's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09538404-n[17].

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Origins and Family

Anshar's father was Lahmu[3]. His mother was Lahamu[4].

Personal Life

Anshar was married to Kishar[5]. A child of him was Anu[6].

Why It Matters

Anshar draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (deity category, ranking #68 of 486).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

Who were Anshar's parents?

Anshar's father was Lahmu[3]. Anshar's mother was Lahamu[4].

Who was Anshar married to?

Anshar's spouses include Kishar[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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