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Fertile Crescent
myth series

Mesopotamian
Levantine
Arabian
Mesopotamia
Primordial beings
7 gods who decree
The great gods
Demigods & heroes
Tales from Babylon
Spirits & Monsters
Good beings:
Humbaba · Kingu
Kishar · Mamitu
Siris · Zu
Evil beings:
Asag · Edimmu
Hanbi · Kur
Lamashtu · Namtar
Pazuzu · Rabisu
Resheph

Asag was a Sumerian demon who raised an army of rocks and stones against men, but who was defeated by the hero Ninurta.

The name Asag means "demon that causes sickness."

He is described as being "[l]arge, round, three-legged, three-armed creature with no neck and several eyes covering their entire bulk. He has dark, hardened skin that feels like rock when touched. He is almost indestructible.

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