Introduction
Lahamu is, with her twin Lahmu, one of the first pair of gods born from Apsu and Tiamat, together personifying the silt of Mesopotamia's rivers.
Family
Mother of the Horizon Gods
With Lahmu, Lahamu produced Anshar and Kishar (the horizons of heaven and earth), continuing the line of descent that leads to Anu and, eventually, to the great gods of the classical Mesopotamian pantheon.
Mesopotamian religion spans Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian sources composed and recopied across nearly three thousand years, so names, genealogies, and even a deity's role often shift between traditions (Sumerian An/Enki/Inanna alongside their Akkadian/Babylonian forms Anu/Ea/Ishtar); the account above follows the most widely attested version, usually as consolidated in the Babylonian Enuma Elish or the standard Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh.