Hendursaga

Hendursaga (𒀭𒉺𒊕, Dḫendur-saŋ),[2] also spelled Hendursanga[3] or Endursaga[4] (𒀭𒉺𒊕𒂷, Dḫendur-saŋ-ŋa2) was a Mesopotamian god.

"[8] Starting in the Old Babylonian period, Hendursaga came to be equated with Ishum in bilingual contexts, with the former appearing in Sumerian and the latter in Akkadian formulas.

[9] Another god closely related to both of them was Engidudu, who was the divine guardian of the Tabira Gate in the city of Assur.

[9] It is possible that in the third millennium BCE, his wife was Dumuziabzu, the tutelary goddess of Kinunir (Kinirsha), a city in the state of Lagash, though in that period family relations between deities were often particularly fluid or uncertain.

[18] According to a hymn dedicated to Hendursaga, it was believed that lighting a torch and invoking his name guaranteed safe passage through city streets at night.

[5] An incantation implores him for protection from demons, including galla, maškim, udug and "evil lamma.

[20] An "evil lamma" is listed in a similar enumeration of demons in a text dedicated to the medicine goddess Ninisina.