Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Namtar (fate)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Messenger god(dess). A go-between and either minister or maid-servant of the underworld goddess ERES KIGAL, who brings death to mankind at the appropriate time.... |
Goddess name "Nanse" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of justice. A daughter of ENKI (or EA), she is linked with the interpretation of dreams. Mentioned sporadically in texts and most closely identified with the city of Lagas with a cult center at Sirara, but also the subject of a highly ethical hymn from Nippur. Also Nas, Nina.... |
Goddess name "Negun" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Minor goddess. Known from limited references and of uncertain function. Possibly åśśociated with the goddess SIRARA. Her brother is Asai and they are linked with the cities of Adab and Kes. Also Lisin.... |
Goddess name "Neti" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. Chief gatekeeper of the netherworld. The servant of the goddess ERES KIGAL. Neti features prominently in the epic legend of Inanas Descent into the underworld when he opens the seven gates of the realm and admits the goddess, removing one emblem of her power at the threshold of each gate.... |
Goddess name "Nidaba" | Sumeria | Goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Nin Ezan [La]/ Gula" | Sumeria | A goddess of healing |
Goddess name "Nin Ezen (La)" | Sumerian | Goddess. An alternative name for the goddess of healing, GULA.... |
Goddess name "Nin Mar Ki" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess. See NINMAH.... |
Goddess name "Nin Mar Ki/ Ninmah" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | A goddess goddess |
Goddess name "Nin Me En" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess. Probably equating to NINMENA.... |
Goddess name "Nin'insinna" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian | A fertility goddess |
Goddess name "Nin-Ezan" | Sumeria | Goddess of healing. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Nin-Imma" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. Deification of the female sex organs, fathered by Enki with Ninkurra.... |
Goddess name "Nin-s ar (lady plant)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Minor mother goddess. Nin-s.ar is linked briefly as consort to either Enlil (her father) or Enki by whom, after nine days of gestation, she gave birth to the goddess Ninkurra who, in turn, became the mother of the goddess Uttu.... |
Goddess name "Nin-sar" | Sumeria | Minor goddess of plants. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Nindara" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | God. The consort of the goddess NANS E.... |
Goddess name "Ningal (great queen)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Reed goddess. Ningal is the daughter of ENKI and NINGIKUGA and the consort of the moon god NANNA by whom she bore UTU... |
Goddess name "Ningikuga" | Sumeria | ("Lady of the Pure Reed"). A goddess of reeds and marshes. She was one of the consorts of Enki, by whom she became the mother of Ningal, and the daughter of An and Nammu. Sumeria |