Kishar
Mesopotamian mythology
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In Mesopotamian mythology, Kishar was the female principle, representing the horizon of the earth. Kishar, along with her male counterpart Anshar (representing the sky), were the twin horizons. Their parents were either Apsu (the watery deep) and Tiamat (salt water), or the first set of twins, Lahmu and Lahamu. Anshar and Kishar were the parents of Anu, the supreme heaven god. The epic Enuma elish mentions Anshar and Kishar as parents of Anu, who in turn fathered Ea.12
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