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Let's discuss Lamashtu! Does anyone acknowledge this demoness over Lilith? Does anyone work with any of the seven names of Lamashtu? Taking this further Lucifer can be broken down to Attar, and Astaroth to Astar both the first attestations of each spirit. Does anyone work with specific Mesopotamian deities?
In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu (๐ญ๐๐จ; Akkadian dLa-maลก-tu; Sumerian Dimme Dim-me or Kamadme) was a female demon/monster/malevolent goddess or demigoddess who menaced women during childbirth and, if possible, kidnapped their children while they were breastfeeding. She would gnaw on their bones and suck their blood, and was charged with a number of other evil deeds. She was a daughter of the Sky God Anu (Uranus/Zeus/Ba'al-Hadad/Ba'el). Lamashtu is depicted as a mythological hybrid, with a hairy body, a lioness' head with donkey's teeth and ears, long fingers and fingernails, and the feet of a bird with sharp talons. She is often shown standing or kneeling on a donkey, nursing a pig and a dog, and holding snakes. She thus bears some functions and resemblance to the demon Lilith in Jewish mythology.
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