NAMES OF THE PLANETS Friday, June 19, 2009

Names of the Planets
Mythological Origin	Sumerian	Babylonian	Phoenician	Greek	Latin	English
goddess of the earth	Ki or Ninhursag	Aruru	Athirat	Gaea	Terra	Earth
god or goddess of the moon	Nanna	Sin	Yarikh	Selenê	Luna	Moon
god of knowledge or communication	Enki	Ea or Nabû	Taaut	Hermes	Mercurius	Mercury
goddess of love	Inanna	Ishtar	Astarte	Aphroditê	Venus	Venus
god of the sun	Utu	Shamash	Shamash	Helios	Sôl	Sun
god of death or war	Gugalanna	Nergal	Resheph	Ares	Mars	Mars
supreme god, god of the sky and storms	Enlil	Marduk	Hadad or Ba'al	Zeus	Iuppiter	Jupiter
god of harvests or agriculture	Ninurta	Ninurta	El	Kronos	Saturnus	Saturn