Siris (goddess)

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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

:For other uses, see Siris (disambiguation).

The Mesopotamian goddess Siris was the patron of beer who is conceived of as a demon, which is not necessarily evil.

Although beer as we know it had its origins in Mesopotamia, fermented beverages quickly spread around the world from Mesopotamia as the drink was shared with kings and rulers.

 

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