Who was the Assyrian God of war?

Answer 1

Ashur - The Assyrian God of war, he took over the roles of the Assyrian Gods Enlil and Marduk. He was portrayed as a winged disc enclosing a bow ready to let fire an arrow. His consort was Ishtar, who responded to the war-like temperament of her mate by sprouting a beer that grew to her breasts.

His depiction:

http://www.bible-history.com/people/assyrians/symbol_of_assyria_ashur.gif

Answer 2

Assyrian War God

Answer 3

Ashur (commonly written as Assur or Aššur) was the head of the Assyrian pantheon. His origins are unknown but he is one of the Mesopotamian city gods, namely of the city Assur, once the capital of the Old Assyrian kingdom. It might therefore be that he was a personification of the city itself. From about 1300 BC priests attempted to replace Marduk with Ashur in Enuma Elish. From the reign of Sargon II he was identified with Anshar the father of An, probably because the similarities of the names. In this version of the Enuma Elish Marduk does not appear and instead Ashur slays Tiamat as Anshar. Some scholars have claimed that Ashur was represented as the solar disc that appears frequently in Assyrian iconography. However evidence points out that it is in fact the sun god Shamash. Many Assyrian kings had names that included the name Ashur.

Answer 4

Ninurta, patron god of Kalhu or Calah, now Nimrud.
Ashur was a good deal of a war god as well. Ishtar of Arbela was a war goddess.
So if you're playing some role-play game, you can be Ninurta and your girlfriend can be Ishtar, but if she spends too much time with Ashur ...

Answer 5

ASHUR -
chief god of Assyria. Important as a god of war, he became the omniscient king of the pantheon, replacing the Babylonian Marduk. His name appears variously as Asur, Assur, Ashshur, Asshur, and Ashir.

Answer 6

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