celestial bodies planets stars or constellations as mule who shine in the heights the Akkadian term kkuk AB was likewise applied by the Babylonians and Assyrians as a general term for any celestial body this practice further frustrated the scholars seeking to unravel the ancient astronomical texts but some mules that were termed Lu bad clearly designated planets of our solar system knowing that the Greek name for the planets was Wanderers the scholars have read Lu bad as wandering sheep deriving from Lu those which are shepherded and bad high