Asag’s Family Tree

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Family

• Anu(parent),Ki(parent)— Consort · Miraculous

  Asag was born from the union of An (heaven) and Ki (earth), a monstrous offspring of the cosmic pair whose very touch brought fever and pestilence upon the land.

Enemy of

• Ninurta

  Asag, the demon of sickness born from the union of heaven and earth, gathered an army of stone warriors and threatened the cosmic order. Ninurta fought and defeated him in the mountains in the myth Lugal-e.

Slain by

• Ninurta

  Ninurta slew the demon Asag in the mountains after epic combat. He then piled the slain stone warriors into a dam, channeling the Tigris to water the fields of Sumer (Lugal-e).