The Influence Of Religion On Mesopotamian Culture

After reading about the Mesopotamian culture, I reached the end of the exhibit. There I started reading plaques about their religion. Religion in Mesopotamia was Animistic. Suddenly, something caught my eye. I found myself standing before a massive statue of a human-headed winged bull called a Shedu. It was the strangest creature that I’ve ever seen in my entire life! The statue stands sixteen feet tall. It was a beautiful site and at the same time intimidating. The Shedu was used to protect important doorways in the palace, gates to the cities, and most importantly, guard the doors to a king’s tomb. Therefore, they were considered protective deities. The head of the creature usually was the head of the king that ruled at the time. This gave