Kishar

Kisare (Kishar) and Assoros (Aushar), of whom three gods are born:

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Mummu-Tiamat or Tiawath; the next pair is Lachmu and Lachamu, and the third, Anshar and Kishar.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

Anu's spouse was Anatu, and the pair subsequently became abstract deities, like Anshar and Kishar, their parents, who figure in the Babylonian Creation story.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

Then were created the god Anshar and the goddess Kishar.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

Anshar and Kishar came into being, and others besides them.

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation 1895

Anshar-Kishar { 'Assoros-Kissare} irrigation myth of upon face of waters

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894

Before leaving the names, it may be added that, of the primaeval deities, Anshar and Kishar are obviously Sumerian in form.

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894

Kishar, long ages separating the two generations from each other and from the birth of the great gods which subsequently takes place.

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894

But while Anshar-Ashur under this view is a figure surviving from an ancient period, he is transformed by association with a complementary deity Kishar into a symbol, just as we have found to be the case with

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

While in the list above referred to, Lakhmu and Lakhamu are put in a class with Anshar and Kishar, in the creation epic they form a separate class, and Delitzsch has justly recognized, [709] in this separation, the intention of the compilers to emphasize an advance in the evolution of chaos to order, which is the keynote of the Babylonian cosmology.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891