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'''{{w|Gibil}}''' in [[w:Mesopotamian mythology|Sumerian mythology]] is the god of [[w:Fire worship|fire]], variously of the son of [[Anu|An]] and [[w:Ki (goddess)|Ki]], An and {{w|Shala}} or of [[Adad|Ishkur]] and Shala. He later developed into the Akkadian god [[w:Gerra (god)|Gerra]].

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==Quotes about Gibil==

* O angry great butting bull! O torch! O great bull of [[Enki]], standing aggressively, coming forth from the ''[[abzu]]'', the pure place! O Gibil ''the god of [[fire]]''. [...] O Nun-bar-ana, angry avenger, [...] bringing forth the great torch from the ''abzu'', lifting his head with the noble divine powers! O antler-like horn of a mountain goat! Cedar, cypress, juniper and boxwood, white wool and black wool, white birch and black birch, a string of apples tied to a long string of figs, butter flowing from the holy cattle-pen and sheepfold.
** ''[http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4332.htm A hymn to Kusu]'', late {{w|3rd millennium BCE}}, at {{w|The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature}}.

* [[Destiny]], prosperity -- the wood of destiny, wood of prosperity, and the reeds of destiny, reeds of prosperity, adorn the holy cattle-pen. Through the wool from a fair lamb and the wool from a fair kid, Gibil, the foremost, the right arm, lifting his head to heaven receives water from the holy teats of heaven.
** ''[http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4332.htm A hymn to Kusu]'', late {{w|3rd millennium BCE}}, at {{w|The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature}}.

==External links==
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[[Category:Sumerian deities and spirits]]
[[Category:Fire in religion]]