Gallu

Gallu

In Sumerian and Akkadian (Babylonian and Assyrian) mythology, Gallucite book | last = Morris | first = John | title = The new nation | publisher = | date = 1880 | location = Original from Oxford University | pages = Pages 40 & 311 (volume 3 of 5) | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=YwMDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA311&vq=Gallu&dq=Gallu+demon&as_brr=1 | doi = | id = ] (also called gallu demon or galla (Akkadian: "gallû"cite book | last = Muss-Arnolt | first = William | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language | publisher = Reuther & Reichard; Lemcke & Büchner; etc., etc | date =1905 | location = Original from Harvard University | pages = page 216 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=i0TmOm5Kj40C&pg=PA216&dq=Gallu+demon&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 | doi = | id = ] )) is a great underworld demon or devil. Gallu demons hauled unfortunate victims off to the underworld. The gallas are one of seven devils (or "the offspring of hell") of Babylonian theology who can be appeased by the sacrifice of a lamb at their altars.cite book | coauthors = Charles Augustus Briggs, Crawford Howell Toy | title = Essays in Modern Theology and Related Subjects | publisher = C. Scribner's sons | date = 1911 | location = Original from Harvard University | pages = Pages 155 -158 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=gG8eLfvaqlYC&pg=PA157&dq=Gallu+demon&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA157,M1 | doi = | id = ] Inana (or Ishtar) is accompanied by galla(s) as she is on a journey to the underworld.

ee also

*Sumerian mythology

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