Depiction of Anzû –also known as Imdugud in Sumer: 3500 BC in the Uruk period–, lesser Mesopotamian deity, half god, half demon; half man, half lion-headed eagle, personification of the blazing southern wind and the ominous thunder clouds, in a relief discovered by British archaeologists in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, Iraq, in 1850, dated 9th century BC.
Four halves? Must be twins.
ReplyDeleteHalf man, half bear, half pig. ManBearPig.
DeleteWow... even back then it looks like someone wrote graffiti over him.
ReplyDelete"Wow" is an appropriate human response. Perhaps an ancient Sanskrit prophesy. Fascinating. Indeed, fierce.
DeleteBig attitude
ReplyDeleteApparently they weren't into the kind of "I'm ok, you're ok"religious beliefs popular today. That dude looks hardcore.
ReplyDeleteWild to see the much older gods than the Christian one(s) that came thousands of years later.
ReplyDelete