Adad’s Family Tree

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Family

• Antu(parent),Anu(parent)— Marriage

  Antu was the consort of Anu, the feminine sky paired with the masculine, and mother of the storm god Adad, who inherited dominion over weather and rainfall from his father's celestial authority.

  ⚠ An = Anum lists Adad (Ishkur) as son of Anu, but some Sumerian hymns and later traditions assign him to Enlil's lineage.

• Shala(spouse)— Marriage

  Shala, the Lady of Grain, was wife of the storm god Adad — the ripe field that his rains made possible, her compassion tempering the fury of his thunder.

Member of

• Anunnaki

  The Anunnaki, the great gods of heaven and earth, assembled at Nippur to decree the fates of gods and mortals — their collective verdicts shaping the course of creation, sending floods to destroy mankind, and raising or casting down kings and deities alike.

Equivalent to

• Baal(Canaanite)

  Adad and Baal are the Akkadian and Canaanite names for the same West Semitic storm god, both deriving from *Haddu, worshipped across the ancient Near East as lord of rain, thunder, and fertility.

Associated with

• Anzu

  When Anzu stole the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil, Adad was among the gods called upon to recover it but declined the perilous task, which ultimately fell to Ninurta.

• The Great Flood

  Adad unleashed the storm of the Great Flood at the gods' decree, his thunderclouds turning day to darkness so absolute that even the gods cowered against the walls of heaven like dogs.