Note 16 — Chapter VI · Bird and Serpent Myths
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A form of the god Tammuz, namely the god Nin-Girsu (“Lord of Girsu”) of the Sumerian city of Lagash (Girsu appears to have been a suburb), was a lion-headed eagle.16 The god Ea had a dragon form.17 The dragon of the Ishtar gate of Babylon is a combination of eagle, serpent, and lion, and is horned.