Utu
Utu
Sun Ra
<catset>Category="Gods"</catset><catset>Category="Justice gods"</catset><catset>Category="Maori"</catset><catset>Category="Solar gods"</catset><catset>Category="Sumerian gods"</catset><right><p><table width=30% style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em"><tr align=center style=" background:#f2f2f2"><td style=" border-bottom: 2px solid #ccf"><big><b>Ancient Middle Eastern deities</b></big></td><td></td></tr><tr align=center style=" background:#cdc8b8"><td><b><a href="Levant">Levantine</a> <a href="Semitic gods">Semitic deities</a></b></td></tr><tr align=center><td> <a href="Amurru">Amurru</a> | <a href="Anat">Anat</a> | <a href="Asherah">Asherah</a> | <a href="Astarte">Astarte</a> | <a href="Baal">Ba<font face='Arial Unicode MS,Code2000'>&#703;</font>al</a> | <a href="Dagon">Dagon</a> | <a href="El (god)">El</a> | <a href="Hadad">Hadad</a> | <a href="Mot">Mot</a> | <a href="Yaw (god)">Yaw</a></td><td></td></tr><tr align=center style=" background:#e0d8e0"><td><b><a href="Names of God in Judaism">Names of God in Judaism</a></b></td></tr><tr align=center><td> <a href="Names of God in Judaism">Adonai</a> | <a href="Elohim">Elohim</a> | <a href="Elyon">Elyon</a> | Hashem | <a href="Names of God in Judaism">Sabaoth</a> | <a href="Names of God in Judaism">Shaddai</a> | <a href="Shekhinah">Shekinah</a> | <a href="Tetragrammaton">YHWH</a></td><td></td></tr><tr align=center style=" background:#cdc8b8"><td><b><a href="Mesopotamian mythology">Mesopotamian deities</a></b></td></tr><tr align=center><td> <a href="Adad">Adad</a> | <a href="An (mythology)">An</a>/<a href="Australian National University">Anu</a> | <a href="Anshar">Anshar</a> | <a href="Asshur">Asshur</a> | <a href="Apsū">Abzu/Apsu</a> | <a href="Enki">Enki/Ea</a> | <a href="Enlil">Enlil</a> | <a href="Ereshkigal">Ereshkigal</a> | <a href="Inanna">Inanna</a>/<a href="Ishtar">Ishtar</a> | <a href="Kingu">Kingu</a> | <a href="Kishar">Kishar</a> | <a href="Lahmu">Lahmu</a> & Lahamu | <a href="Marduk">Marduk</a> | <a href="Mummu">Mummu</a> | <a href="Nabu">Nabu</a> | <a href="Nammu">Nammu</a> | <a href="Sin (mythology)">Nanna</a>/<a href="Sin (mythology)">Sin</a> | <a href="Nergal">Nergal</a> | <a href="Ninhursag">Ninhursag/Damkina</a> | <a href="Ninlil">Ninlil</a> | <a href="Tiamat">Tiamat</a> | Utu/<a href="Shamash">Shamash</a></td><td></td></tr><tr align=center><td></td></tr></table><p></right> In <a href="Mesopotamian mythology">Sumerian mythology</a>, <b>Utu</b> is the offspring of <a href="Nanna">Nanna</a> and <a href="Sin (mythology)">Ningal</a> and is the god of the sun and of justice. At the end of every day he descends to the underworld where he determines the fate of the dead. There is no indication of how the jurisdiction of Utu and Nanna differed. Some texts suggest that he sleeps during this time as well. <hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;">UTU can also stand for the <a href="United Transportation Union">United Transportation Union</a> <hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;"><b>Utu</b> is also a <a href="Maori">Maori</a> word, referring to a ritualised revenge or revenge to restore honour. <hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;"><i><b><a href="Utu (film)">Utu</a></b></i> is the name of a <a href="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <a href="Film">Film</a>.