Asag
In Sumerian mythology, Asag is a monstrous rock demon. It causes rivers to boil, scalding the surrounding lands.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Mesopotamian mythology
- Trait family
- The Land-Shapers
- Symbols
- Stone
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Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- Stone is image-domain Stone denotes hardness, permanence and foundation, closed against entry and therefore inviting meaning, raised upright to make a presence where there was only ground.
why
This monstrous rock demon is not merely a creature of stone, but a living manifestation of geological fury.
Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Sight and sound
- Trail of scorched earth left behind
why
The intense heat radiating from the boiling waters creates a scorched wasteland in its wake.
Utility powers
- Terrain shaping
why
It causes rivers to boil, scalding the surrounding lands.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Earth meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Asag."
- Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Asag."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Asag."
- Father meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Asag."
- Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Asag."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Asag."
- Hero meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Asag."
- Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Asag."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Asag."
- Water meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Asag."
- Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Asag."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Asag."