Tammuz
the tenth month of the Jewish calendar.
a Sumerian and Babylonian shepherd god, originally king of Erech, confined forever in the afterworld as a substitute for his consort Inanna or Ishtar.
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It was decreed that Tammuz should spend part of the year with one goddess and part of the year with the other.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieTammuz was also a Patriarch, who reigned for a long period over the land and had human offspring.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieDuring the winter Tammuz dwelt in Hades, and at the beginning of spring Ishtar descended to search for him among the shades.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieWe have therefore to deal with Tammuz in his twofold character as a patriarch and a god of fertility.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieShe may have been identical with Belit-sheri, who is referred to in the Sumerian hymns as the sister of Tammuz.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for Tammuz
/ (ˈtæmuːz, -ʊz) /
(in the Jewish calendar) the fourth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the tenth month of the civil year, usually falling within June and July
Origin of Tammuz
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