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Ullikumis
1st app.- Doctor Strange #26
Ullikummis is the son of the god Enlil who deposed his father, Anu, as Ruler of Ancient Sumeria. Anu cursed him to have three horrible children. Those children became Namtar (Mot), Shachar and Shalim.
Enlil was deposed by his brother, Hadad who became known as Baal (Teshub to the Hurrian tribes) who was guided and protected by their uncle Ea (Oannes), the sea god. In order to retrieve his throne, Enlil retreated to the shore of the sea and pounded upon the rocky cliffs to summon the ancient sea-goddess Upelluri, whose own father had been deposed by Anu many years ago. She bore Enlil a son named Ullikummis who eventually grew to gigantic stature. (According to later myth, Enlil conceived Ullikummis from the rock and the youth was carried by Upelluri.)
Ullikummis was protected and raised by his stepmother, Ninlil, who tried to dissuade him from war. Hadad, however, eventually saw Ullikummis coming from a far and abdicated the throne for Enlil to claim it. Hadad then went to Ea for advice on how to slay Ullikummis. Ea gave him a saw with which to cut through the sinews of Ullikummis’ ankles. Tragically wounded, Ullikummis was killed by Hadad who then reclaimed the throne after ousting his brother.
The empath Topaz came to seek help from Dr. Strange to exorcise the Hittite demon Ullimkumis who had possessed her. In order to facilitate this exorcism, they needed the hair of a werewolf in wolf form (which they obtained from Jack Russell), the talon of a vampire in its bat form (which they got from Victor Strange), and fire from a demon (which they obtained from the Dykkors). However, when it came time for the exorcism, Strange revealed that he knew it had never been Ullikumis possessing Topaz, but rather another demon, who turned out to be Mephista, daughter of the demon-lord Mephisto. She had pretended to be Ullikumis, possessed Topaz, and devised the above required elements for exorcism all to get close to Dr. Strange. Mephista wished to enlist Strange's aid against her father, for leaving her for dead after her most recent defeat. Credit- marvunapp.com
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