Adad, Shara and Girra character sheet for my collab comic ‘NINURTA‘!
Adad, Shara and Girra belong to Denta-san. All images in this post were drawn by her and posted here with her permission.
Adad, Shara, Girra Character Sheet
Bio
Adad, Shara and Girra are the ancient Mesopotamian god of storm and rain, god of archery and war, and god of fire respectively. Courageous and righteous gods, they’re the first to pursue Anzu when he betrays Enlil and steals the Tablet of Destinies.
Adad, Shara and Girra are all powerful deities. Adad is able to control the weather and summon thunderstorms. Shara is a master archer and god of war. Girra can control huge fires. They used their full strength to fight Anzu. The fact that they still lost easily despite that strikes fear into the other gods. It’s a great blow to their fighting spirit and no one thinks that they can win against Anzu.
In ‘NINURTA’, Adad, Shara and Girra immediately pursue and fight Anzu once the Tablet was stolen. Knowing how dire the situation is, they fight with all their might. Unfortunately, the almighty Tablet’s too powerful for them and Anzu is able to defeat them easily. Anzu then curses them into becoming clay statues.
Their statues now stand near Anzu’s great temple where they have fought and lost. Seeing them reminds one of the gods’ failure and Anzu’s power. Following Adad, Shara and Girra’s defeat, no one dares to challenge Anzu. Ninurta then comes along and takes on the challenge.
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Trivia
- Adad, Shara and Girra are based on the ancient Mesopotamian gods Adad, Shara and Girra.
- Adad is a major weather god in the ancient Mesopotamian religions. His symbols include the thunderbolt, bull and lion.
- In Mesopotamian mythology, Girra is sometimes identified as Adad’s son with the goddess of grain and compassion Shala.
- In Mesopotamian mythology, Adad sometimes appears as the assistant to Enlil, Ninurta or both.
