below is an expanded hierarchy of the twelve major or primary babylonian gods : city god main title erech ( biblical uruk ) anu king of angels and spirits nipur bel father of all gods eridu hea god of fate , wisdom and knowledge ur sin lord of crowns and brightness babylon merodach ( also marduk ) prince of gods , lord of birth muru vul lord of canals and atmosphere larsa and sippara shamash director , judge of heaven and earth nipur ninip warrior of the gods , destroyer of the wicked cutha nergal giant king of war widespread nusku holder of the golden scepter , the lofty god nipur belat wife of bel , mother of all gods widespread ishtar eldest of heaven and earth , raising the faces of warriors after these 12 gods came the bulk of the pantheon .