TAMMUZ — (Heb. תַּמּוּז), the post Exilic name of the fourth month of the Jewish year. The word, but not the month, occurs in Ezekiel 8:14 and is held to be identical with the Babylonian Dumuzi corresponding to Adonis of the Greeks. Tammuz as the name of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TAMMUZ — (Heb. תַּמּוּז; from Sumerian Dumuzi, Invigorator of the Child ), the Sumerian Babylonian fertility god. He is the invigorating power in dates, grain, and milk, and hence his role as a shepherd in Sumerian literature (Th. Jacobsen). In ancient… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Tammuz — may refer to: Tammuz (deity), Babylonian and Sumerian god Tammuz (Hebrew month), the 10th month of the Hebrew calendar Tammuz (Babylonian calendar), a month in the Babylonian calendar Tammuz 1 or Osirak, formerly a nuclear reactor in Iraq See… … Wikipedia
Tammuz — (hebr.) bezeichnet: Tammuz (Mythologie), eine Person aus der akkadischen und aramäischen Mythologie Tammus, einen Monat des jüdischen Kalenders Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tammuz — [tä′mooz] n. [Heb tammūz < Akkadian tamūz, a god of fertility < Sumerian Dumu zi (lit., true son), god & legendary king] the tenth month of the Jewish year: see the Jewish calendar in the Reference Supplement … English World dictionary
Tammuz — Babylonian and Assyrian god (identified with Adon), probably from Babylonian Du uzu, contraction of Dumu zi the son who rises, also interpeted as the faithful son … Etymology dictionary
Tammuz — /tah mooz/; for 1 also /tah moohz /; for 2 also /tam uz/, n. 1. the tenth month of the Jewish calendar. Cf. Jewish calendar. 2. a Sumerian and Babylonian shepherd god, originally king of Erech, confined forever in the afterworld as a substitute… … Universalium
Tammuz — Dumuzi Dumuzi en sumérien, ou Tammuz en babylonien, est un dieu mésopotamien. Il est le dieu pasteur et dieu de la fertilité dans la religion babylonienne. C est un berger roi uni à Ishtar dans un très ancien rite de mariage sacré.[1] Un récit… … Wikipédia en Français
Tammuz — I Tammuz [ muz; hebräisch], sumerisch und akkadisch Dumuzi [ zi; »rechter Sohn«], altmesopotamischer (dem westsemitischen Adonis verwandter) Vegetationsgott; Hirte und Geliebter der Göttin Inanna (Ischtar) von Uruk, die ihn den Dämonen der… … Universal-Lexikon
Tammuz — Very early Babylonian and Assyrian god; brother and lover of Belili, and later spouse of Ishtar. He was a spring sowing god who was killed in the autumn, presumably after the harvest. Originally he was the ritual husband of the harvest goddess … Who’s Who in non-classical mythology
Tammuz, relieve en alabastro de Ashur, 1500 BC; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alemania.Foto MarburgArt Resource/EB Inc.