Aruru


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Aruru

goddess pinched man, Enkidu out of clay. [Assyrian Myth.: Gaster, 9, Babyl. Myth.: Gilgamesh]
See: Creation
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Engidu, a demigod formed by Aruru to be a rival to Gilgamesh.
The Epic of Gilgamesh

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