Tammuz
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- proper noun
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Tammuz
- In Mesopotamian religion, Tammuz is the god of fertility, who embodies the power of new life in nature and spring.
- Tammuz, the Sumerian god
Examples
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"The bright Tammuz, the Tammuz is dead."
Fiction book (1994) -
" The bright Tammuz...
Fiction book (1994) -
"The bright Tammuz, the Tammuz is dead."
Fiction book (1994) -
6 Tammuz 5516, he began.
Fiction book (2001) -
So this sentence could be Tamos Pan the Great is dead, or it could be Tammuz the All Great is dead.
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¶ The sacred dance in memory of the resurrection of Tammuz.
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Sivan followed Iyar without relief, and Tammuz brought hot winds that filled the air with dust.
Fiction book (1998) -
On the last day of Tammuz, a dark sultry day, when clouds hid the sun, Reuben crossed the Tiber to bargain with a Syrian zinc dealer in Cosmedin.
Fiction book (1998) -
In ancient Sumerian culture, Tammuz was revered as the god of pastures and vegetation, symbolizing fertility and growth during the summer months.
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The festival honoring Tammuz celebrated the arrival of summer and the abundance of crops that followed.
Synonyms
A god of pastures and plants in Sumerian religion who is the husband of Inanna
Compounds
A Jewish day when people do not eat or drink from dawn to dusk to remember Jerusalem's walls being broken
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tammuz was the name of an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian god of 'pastures' and 'plants' who was said to die and be reborn each year, a strong image for the cycle of nature. That is why people held yearly mourning and renewal rituals and why a summer month still bears his name.