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In theSumerian mythological poemLugal-e,Asag orAzag (Sumerian:𒀉𒉺a₂-sag₃Akkadian: asakku[1]), is amonstrousdemon, so hideous that his presence alone makes fish boil alive in the rivers. Azag is a personification of winter cold and sicknesses.[2]
This demon lives either in the Abyss[which?] or in the mountains and is accompanied by an army of rock demon offspring—born of his union with the mountains themselves.[2]
He was vanquished by the heroic Akkadian deityNinurta, usingSharur, his enchanted talkingmace, after seeking the counsel of his father, the godEnlil.[3]
The nameAsakku is used by researchers as either a synonym of Azag[4] or a "variation" in the form of multiple spirits and monsters that prey on humans and kill them by causingmigraines.[5]
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