Lahamu

{{Short description|Female deity in Akkadian mythology}}

{{Infobox deity|type=mesopotamian|parents=Tiamat and Abzu (Akkadian)|consort=brother Lahmu|children=Anshar and Kishar}}{{Mesopotamian myth|expanded=1}}

Lahamu ({{cuneiform|𒀭𒆷𒄩𒈬}} , ^d la-ḫa-mu) was a minor figure in some variants of Mesopotamian cosmology, the feminine counterpart of Lahmu.

In some god lists she was one of the ancestors of Anu.W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Creation Myths, 2013, p. 424F. Wiggermann, [https://www.academia.edu/2393340/Mesopotamian_Protective_Spirits_The_Ritual_Texts Mesopotamian Protective Spirits: The Ritual Texts], 1992, p. 154-155 In Enuma Elish she is the first-born daughter of Tiamat and Abzu. With her brother Lahmu she is the mother of Anshar and Kishar, who were in turn parents of the first gods.W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Creation Myths, 2013, p. 417

19th and early 20th century researchers incorrectly viewed both Lahmu and Lahamu as the representations of the zodiac, parent-stars, or constellations.{{cite book|last1=Hewitt|first1=J.F.|title=History and Chronology of the Myth-Making Age|page=85}}{{cite book|last1=W. King|first1=Leonard|title=Enuma Elish Vol 1 & 2: The Seven Tablets of Creation; The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind|page=78}}