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For other uses, see Mummu (disambiguation).
Mummu vizier of primeval gods Apsu, the fresh water, and Tiamat, the salt water.[1] An ancient Sumero-Babylonian craftsman-god, and personification of technical skill. Mummu is also referred to as "the deep" several times in Mythological Texts.
In ancient Sumeran, the word mummu translates to "the one who has awoken".
Deity ruler of "The Ancients", Mesopotamian purveyors of technical knowledge, mathematics and abstract concepts.
In popular writing, Mummu is mentioned in Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! Trilogy as 'The Spirit of Pure Chaos'.[2]
References
- ^ Liebowitz Knapp, Bettina (1997). Women in myth. SUNY Press. pp. 270. ISBN 9780791431634. http://books.google.com/books?id=sey1EqCW4WMC&pg=PA27&dq=Mummu&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3. Retrieved 17/June/2009.
- ^ Shea, Robert; Robert Anton Wilson (1983). The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Dell. pp. 805. ISBN 978-0440539810. http://books.google.com/books?q=In+the+beginning+of+all+things+was+Mummu+shea&btnG=Search+Books.
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