Tammuz

Tammuz was the god of crops and harvest in the Mesopotamian religion. They believed that the god died when the plants withered and came back to life in the spring when the new green sprouted.

Every year, at the end of the summer, the death of Tammuz was commemorated in a mourning ceremony.

Tammuz in Mythology

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