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List of Gods : "Mesopotamia" - 285 records

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God name
"Ningirsu"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian Tutelary god. His mother is NINHURSAGa A. Known from the city of Lagas (Girsu) where Gudea built a major temple in his honor, the Eninnu. His symbol is a lion-headed eagle and his weapon the mace S, arur. Texts describe Ningirsu making a journey to Eridu to notify the god ENKI of Gudea's achievement....
God name
"Ningis Zi Da"
Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian The god of light coming from haråśśing & tutelary god ofGudea[Lagas]
God name
"Ningishzida"
Sumerian An underworld Mesopotamian deity, the patron of Medicine, and also a God of nature. His name in Sumerian means "lord of the good tree". Sumerian
God name
"Ningiszida"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian The god of light coming from the horizon. Tutelary god of Gudea of Lagas,, the son of NINAZU. Identified in Akkadian texts and on a seal of Gudea. Also GISZIDA....
Goddess name
"Ninhursagaa/ Nintu"
Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian / Iraq The goddess of the earth and creator of humans, fertility & productivity
Goddess name
"Niniiniinna"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian Fertility goddess. A daughter of An and Uras and probably an alternative name for Is”tar. She is the consort of the god Pabilsag and is mentioned in respect of a sanctuary built by warad Sin during the Isin dynasty. Texts describe her going to present Enlil with gifts in Nippur. Other inscriptions suggest she was the mother of the god Damu (Dumuzi)....
God name
"Ninkaranunna"
Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian A Barber god
God name
"Ninkarnunna"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian Barber god. An attendant of the god Ninurta....
God name
"Ninkigal"
Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian Chthonic god. Worshiped at Ur and Umma during the period of the third dynasty of Ur. Celebrations included the eses monthly lunar festivals....
Goddess name
"Ninkurra"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian Minor mother goddess. Ninkurra is linked briefly as consort to Enlil (her grandfather), by whom after nine days of gestation she gave birth to the goddess Uttu. In alternative mythology she was the mother of Nin-imma, the deification of female sex organs....
Goddess name
"Ninlil"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian Goddess of the air and of grain. She is the daughter of the god of stores, Haia, and the barley goddess, Ninsebargunnu. The consort of the air god Enlil, who impregnated her with water to create the moon god Nana, she also conceived the underworld god Nergal when Enlil impregnated her disguised as the gateman of Nippur. In a similar manner she conceived the underworld god Ninazu when Enlil impregnated her disguised as the “man of the river of the nether world, the man-devouring river.” According to some texts she is also the mother of Ninurta, the god of the plough and thunderstorms....
Goddess name
"Ninmah"
Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian A mother goddess
Goddess name
"Ninmah"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian Mother goddess. Probably an early syncretization with Ninhursaga a. Identified in creation texts acting as midwife while the mother goddess Nammu makes different kinds of human individuals from lumps of clay at a feast given by Enki to celebrate the creation of humankind. Also regarded as the mother of the goddess Uttu by Enki.See also Ninhursagaa....
Goddess name
"Ninmena"
Mesopotamia / Sumeria A another mother goddess
Goddess name
"Ninmrna (lady of the crown)"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian Mother goddess. Probably became syncretized with Ninhursagaa....
Goddess name
"Ninni"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian Goddess. A modern mis-reading of Innin, which is itself an outmoded version of the name Inana....
Goddess name
"Nins ubur"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian Messenger God (Goddess). The servant of the goddess Inana, she is particularly prominent in the legend of Inana's Descent and the death of Dumuzi. In Akkadian texts the sex changes to a male personality, the minister of Anu....
Goddess name
"Ninsikil"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian The goddess of Dilmun. The patron deity of the mythical Paradise land of Dilmun which seems to have been perceived as somewhere off the coast of the Persian Gulf but firmly beyond the frontiers of Sumer. It is Ninsikil who pleads with Enki to provide the earth with the boon of fresh water in the sacred rivers Tigris and Euphrates....
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