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Visual depiction of Apsu

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Vol. II · Polytheism · primordial

Apsu

Mesopotamian primordial freshwater


a vast bearded god reclining beneath the earth, the sweet waters flowing from his body to nourish the first gods

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
primordial

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 3) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.