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Babylonian God of construction or crafts
Arazu is the Babylonian
god of construction
[1] and or crafts.
[2] Arazu was created by
Ea .
[3] With one version saying he was created in order to build and restore temples.
[4]
It has been interpreted that Arazu is a
priest .
[2]
References
^
"The Mesopotamian Pantheon" . World History Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2021-08-31 .
^
a
b Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04).
Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities . Routledge. p. 65.
ISBN
978-1-135-96390-3 .
^ Leeming, David Adams (2010).
Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO. p. 59.
ISBN
978-1-59884-174-9 .
^ Frayne, Douglas R.; Stuckey, Johanna H. (2021-03-01).
A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East: Three Thousand Deities of Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam . Penn State Press. p. 27.
ISBN
978-1-64602-129-1 .