9 Facts About Kur

1. The cuneiform sign for Kur was written ideographically with the cuneiform sign ??, a pictograph of a mountain.

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2. The souls in Kur were believed to eat nothing but dry dust and family members of the deceased would ritually pour libations into the dead person's grave through a clay pipe, thereby allowing the dead to drink.

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3. Entrance to Kur was believed to be located in the Zagros mountains in the far east.

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4. Kur's was believed to live in a palace known as Ganzir.

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5. Kur was associated with forest fires, fevers, plagues, and war.

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6. Kur's is the sister of Dumuzid, the god of shepherds.

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7. Kur is the son of Enlil or Enmesarra and his wife is the goddess Nanibgal.

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8. Kur is shown with "a rather canine face with abnormally bulging eyes, a scaly body, a snake-headed penis, the talons of a bird and usually wings.

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9. Kur was usually regarded as evil, but he could sometimes be a beneficent entity who protected against winds bearing pestilence and he was thought to be able to force Lamashtu back to the underworld.

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