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Aruru
[ ah-roo-roo ]
noun
- the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Aruru1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
The elders of Uruk beg his mother, the mother-goddess Aruru (a form of Ishtar), to restrain him.
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The divine beings hearkened, and the goddess Aruru made Eabani, the wild man, from a piece of clay.
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Ultimately the people prayed to the goddess Aruru to create a liberator.
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The people in their distress appeal to Aruru to create a rival to Gilgamesh.
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In this account of the creation it is stated (line 21) that the goddess Aruru with Marduk created mankind.
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