Shala Quotes From Texts

Artifacts and parenthetical commentary added by editor R. Brown.

Shala = Anu’s daughter, Adad’s spouse, corn goddess

(Babylonian Medimsa)

all this is the god Rimon (Adad) and his wife Shalla, the corn goddess (from America?),

the compassionate one; they are the earthly presence of the great gods.”

“The deities Papsukal, Nusku, and Shala

Shall then be seated in the court of the god Anu…”