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Visual depiction of Wer

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Vol. II · Polytheism · sky

Wer

Mesopotamian weather god


a bearded storm deity holding a mace and riding a lion, rain streaming from his raised hands over the ancient Mesopotamian plain

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

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.