Asag
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In the Sumerian mythological poem Lugal-e, Asag or Azag (Sumerian:𒀉𒉺 Script error: No such module "lang". Akkadian: asakku[1]), is a monstrous demon, so hideous that his presence alone makes fish boil alive in the rivers. Azag is a personification of winter cold and sicknesses.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
This demon lives either in the AbyssScript error: No such module "Unsubst". or in the mountains and is accompanied by an army of rock demon offspring—born of his union with the mountains themselves.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He was vanquished by the heroic Akkadian deity Ninurta, using Sharur, his enchanted talking mace, after seeking the counsel of his father, the god Enlil.[2]
Asakku
The name Asakku is used by researchers as either a synonym of AzagScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". or a "variation" in the form of multiple spirits and monsters that prey on humans and kill them by causing migraines.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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