Tammuz

Tammuz is a demon in the series.
==History==
, originally known as Dumuzid, and often simply called Damu ("son"), was the Mesopotamian god of shepherds (and the goods provided by them, especially milk) and vegetation. He was also often regarded as the consort of Inanna (as Dumuzid, in Sumer)/Ishtar (in Babylonia and Assyria, as Tammuz). In Sumerian king lists, he was also mentioned as an ancient human monarchhttps://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr211.htm who reigned before the deluge caused by Enlil. Yet another tradition, recorded for example in the myth of Adapa, presents him as one of the two doorkeepers of the sky god Anu.
In the myth Dumuzid and Enkimdu, he competes with Enkimdu, an obscure god associated with farming and irrigation, to win Inanna's hand in marriage. In Inanna's descent to the netherworld, he's condemned to take Inanna's place in the underworld after she learns that he didn't mourn her temporary death. Eventually his sister Geshtinana, accompanied by their mother and by Inanna (after a change of heart), offers a deal to Ereshkigal to recover him: each year Tammuz will be imprisoned for 6 months, but for the remaining 6 Geshtinana will take his place. This myth was supposed to explain the passage of seasons.
In Mesopotamian art, Tammuz was depicted as a young man.
In the Dictionnaire Infernal, Tammuz is a demonic inventor of artillery and hell's ambassador to Spain. 
==Appearances==
*Megami Tensei: Kaijuu Race
*Megami Tensei II: Beast Race
*Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei: Kaijuu Race (MT) / Beast Race (MTII)
*Shin Megami Tensei: Beast Race
*Last Bible, as Sasori in Revelations: The Demon Slayer
*Last Bible III
*Majin Tensei: Beast Race
*Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku: Beast Race, Boss
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei===
==Stats==
===Megami Tensei===
===Megami Tensei II===
===Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei===
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====Megami Tensei II====
===Shin Megami Tensei===
===Last Bible===
===Last Bible III===
===Majin Tensei===
===Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku===
==Gallery==
LB3 Tammuz.gif|Tammuz's sprite in Last Bible III
==References==
Category:Mesopotamian Mythology
Category:Babylonian Mythology
Category:Sumerian Mythology