Shala
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Shala is a Babylonian and Akkad
ian war goddess and a goddess of grain, the consort of the storm-god Adad
. She carries a double-headed mace-scimitar embellished with lion heads. In the MUL.APIN
, she is identified with the Virgo constellation
, which was also known as "The Furrow" (AB.SIN). Spica
was "Shala's ear of corn".
Akkad
The Akkadian Empire was an empire centered in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region in Mesopotamia....
ian war goddess and a goddess of grain, the consort of the storm-god Adad
Adad
Adad in Akkadian and Ishkur in Sumerian and Hadad in Aramaic are the names of the storm-god in the Babylonian-Assyrian pantheon. All three are usually written by the logogram dIM...
. She carries a double-headed mace-scimitar embellished with lion heads. In the MUL.APIN
MUL.APIN
MUL.APIN is the conventional title given to a Babylonian compendium that deals with many diverse aspects of Babylonian astronomy and astrology....
, she is identified with the Virgo constellation
Virgo (constellation)
Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for virgin, and its symbol is . Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second largest constellation in the sky...
, which was also known as "The Furrow" (AB.SIN). Spica
Spica
Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth...
was "Shala's ear of corn".