Kudurru boundary stones depicting the city of Der’s tutelary god Ištaran show the messenger Kirah as one of these animals. Two of these animals appear in the symbol of the vegetation deity Ningishzida. A Sumerian name meaning “fierce” or “reddish” one of these animals is given to the the hybrid creature Mušḫuššu [“mus-hussu”]. The inscription to Marduk on the Ishtar Gate of Babylon describes the joining of a (*) bull and this animal. Two figurines found in the Minoan site of Knossos depict “goddesses” clutching these animals (10[2])in both hands. A Near Eastern symbol showing two of these animals intertwined (10[1])may have influenced the Greek caduceus symbol. For 10 points, name this sort of creature, Mesopotamian depictions of which some scholars have linked to the creature that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden. ■END■