Kakka

Kakka (also known as Gaga) is a minor god, attendant and messenger (sukkal) of both Anu and Anshar in ancient Mesopotamian religion.[1] He is mostly represented in Akkadian texts, particularly in Nergal and Ereshkigal, in which Anu sends him with a message to god Nergal in the underworld.[2][3] He also is featured in the Enûma Eliš. He is sent by Anshar to the forces of Tiamat with the formal announcement of Marduk's readiness to battle Tiamat.

For the 1982 Indian film, see Kakka (film). For the Chinese group, see Hakka.

A hymn to Ninshubur conflates both messengers with each other.[4]

Zecharia Sitchin identifies Gaga as the dwarf planet Pluto, which he considers an escaped moon of Saturn (which he identifies as Anshar), in his fringe interpretations of Sumerian literature. [5]

References
  • Morris Jastrow, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Ginn & Company, 1898.
  • Michael Jordan, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002
  1. Piotr Steinkeller, "The Mesopotamian God Kakka," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 41:4, 1982, pp. 289-94.
  2. Gwendolyn Leick. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology. London & NY: Routledge, 2003, p. 56
  3. Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst (eds.). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, 2nd ed., pp. 46, 53
  4. A hymn to Ninšubur (Ninšubur B), Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 25-30: (...) "I, Ninšubur I, Kaka, will ride high in joy like my mother."
  5. "Pluto".
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