Ugallu

Origin: Sumerian mythology

Combination: human + lion

Classification: Mammal

Other Names: Big Weather-Beast

Associations: storms, eagles, divine intervention

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Ugallu is a lion-headed demon from Sumerian mythology that possessed the feet of a bird and could control storms. He was featured on protective amulets and apotropaic yellow clay or tamarisk figurines of the first millennium BC but had origins in the early second millennium. Ugallu's iconography changed over time, with the human feet morphing into an eagle's talons and his dress varying across depictions. He was one of the class of ud-demons ("day demons"), which personified moments of divine intervention in human life