page_title: Tigris
section_title: Religion and mythology
hierarchical_section_title: Tigris / Religion and mythology
caption_attribution_description: An aerial view of the Tigris River as it flows through Baghdad, July 31st, 2016. (DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
context_page_description: The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq and empties into the Persian Gulf.
context_section_description: In Sumerian mythology, the Tigris was created by the god Enki, who filled the river with flowing water.
  In Hittite and Hurrian mythology, Aranzah (or Aranzahas in the Hittite nominative form) is the Hurrian name of the Tigris River, which was divinized. He was the son of Kumarbi and the brother of Teshub and Tašmišu, one of the three gods spat out of Kumarbi's mouth onto Mount Kanzuras. Later he colluded with Anu and the Teshub to destroy Kumarbi (The Kumarbi Cycle).
  The Tigris appears twice in the Old Testament. First, in the Book of Genesis, it is the third of the four rivers branching off the river issuing out of the Garden of Eden. The second mention is in the Book of Daniel, wherein Daniel states he received one of his visions "when I was by that great river the Tigris".
  The  Tigris River is also mentioned in Islam. The tomb of Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal and Syed Abdul Razzaq Jilani is in Baghdad and the flow of Tigris restricts the number of visitors.
  The river featured on the coat of arms of Iraq from 1932–1959.
caption: Tigris River in Baghdad (2016)
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