Gibil

The latter method of writing the name is apparently cryptographic for _d_Gis-bar-aga - (mis); the fire god _Gibil_ has also the title _Gis-bar_.

The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform Stephen Langdon 1906

In addition to water and atmospheric deities Babylonia had also its fire gods, Girru, Gish Bar, Gibil, and Nusku.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

Professor Pinches suggests that he may have been either identical with the Sumerian fire god Gibil, or a brother of the fire god, and an impersonation of the light of fire and sun.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

As Gibil, the fire-god, has likewise the same diverse parentage, it is regarded as likely that these two gods were identical.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Theophilus Goldridge Pinches 1895

Gibil and Nusku are called 'sons of Anu'; Gibil, indeed, is spoken of as the first-born of heaven, and the image of his father.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

In some districts Gibil was worshipped as the special god of fire, in others Nusku, much as we found the sun-god worshipped under the names of _Shamas_ and _Utu_, and similarly in the case of other deities.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Gish with Bíl or Gibil would, therefore, be "the father-man" or "the father-hero," i.e., again the hero _par excellence_, the original hero, just as in

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891

Gibil belongs therefore to another section, perhaps to one farther south.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

[56] This meaning may be derived from Gibil, as also from Bíl = _isatu_, "fire," then _essu_,

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891

As for the fire-god Gibil, with whom Nusku is identified, we have merely a reference to a month of the year sacred to the servant of Gibil in a passage of the inscriptions of

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891