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    Ninḫursaĝ (Sumerian: 𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang; DNIN-ḪAR.SAG̃), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah...
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    the Gods, "If I bring Ninhursag before thee, what shall be my reward?" Ninhursag's sacred fox then fetches the goddess. Ninhursag relents and takes Enki's...
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    Ki. Samuel Noah Kramer identifies Ki with the Sumerian mother goddess Ninhursag, stating that they were originally the same figure. The oldest of the...
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    god of wind and storm, AnKi Enki, the god of water and human culture, Ninhursag, the goddess of fertility and the earth, Utu, the god of the sun and justice...
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    goddesses, Nut and Hathor, with the earth gods, Osiris and Geb. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses. Asase Yaa, the goddess of the harsh...
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    Sumerian creation myth. Dilmun was described in the saga of Enki and Ninhursag as pre-existing in paradisiacal state, where predators do not kill, pain...
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  • Early Dynastic Umma. She appears in multiple myths, such as Enki and Ninhursag and Enki and the World Order. Uttu's name was written TAG×TÙG, with the...
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    mother, the Sumerian goddess often referred to in the Sumerian language as Ninhursag, Damkina, and Ninmah, was often known as Belit-ili ('Lady of the Gods')...
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    worshipped. These are the seven deities: Enlil Enki Inanna Nabu Nanna-Suen Ninhursag Utu At various times, a single god in Babylonian cities was assigned a...
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    and cemetery at the highest point. It was a cult center for the goddess Ninhursag. The site was first worked by Henry Hall of the British Museum in 1919...
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  • regarded as the mother of Ninkasi. She also appears in the myth Enki and Ninhursag as one of the deities meant to soothe the eponymous god's pain. In this...
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  • specific diseases, especially bennu. He was regarded as the husband of Ninhursag. Among the deities considered to be their children were Ashgi, Panigingarra...
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  • in Enki and Ninhursag, which might not represent his actual functions. In this myth, he is the first of the deities created by Ninhursag to relieve Enki's...
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    rare stones, agate and pearls from out the sea. The myth of Enki and Ninhursag also describes the Sumerian paradise as a garden, which Enki obtains water...
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    that Ninlil or Belit Ilani had seven different names (such as Nintud, Ninhursag, Ninmah, etc.) for seven different localities. He also discussed the location...
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    Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with Ninhursag. She was involved in the creation of humankind from clay and blood. As...
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    the older sister of Enlil, 3 Ninhursag 4 with the true, great Queen of heaven, 5 the older sister of Enlil, 6 Ninhursag 7 he has had intercourse; 8 he...
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    Gilgamesh, "mighty in strength". The Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninmah (Ninhursag) states that humans were fashioned from clay to serve the gods (see Enki...
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    Nisaba Shala Šumugan Nanna/Sin Nergal Ninazu Ninegal Ningal Ningishzida Ninhursag Ninisina Ninlil Ninshubur Pabilsag Papsukkal Sarpanit Sebitti Tishpak...
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  • according to the Hymn to Ninkasi, she was raised by Ninhursag rather than by her mother. Ninhursag was generally not associated with raising children otherwise...
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  • mourns the death of one of her sons, for which she blames her mother Ninhursag. Both female and male version of Lisin also appears in other similar texts...
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  • these two cities, he was eventually replaced in this role by his mother Ninhursag, locally known under the name Digirmah. He is mostly attested in sources...
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  • Aruru, a Mesopotamian goddess of vegetation at some point conflated with Ninhursag Aruru (Keroro Land), a character in the anime and manga Sgt. Frog Aruruu...
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    Nisaba Shala Šumugan Nanna/Sin Nergal Ninazu Ninegal Ningal Ningishzida Ninhursag Ninisina Ninlil Ninshubur Pabilsag Papsukkal Sarpanit Sebitti Tishpak...
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    Kishar and Anshar Mummu Seven gods who decree Four primary Anu Enlil Enki Ninhursag Three sky gods Inanna/Ishtar Nanna/Sin Utu/Shamash Other major deities...
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    Kishar and Anshar Mummu Seven gods who decree Four primary Anu Enlil Enki Ninhursag Three sky gods Inanna/Ishtar Nanna/Sin Utu/Shamash Other major deities...
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    sheets of copper, Temple of Ninhursag at Tell al-'Ubaid, Iraq, c. 2500 BC Room 56 - Statue of Kurlil, from the Temple of Ninhursag in Tell al-'Ubaid, southern...
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    Kishar and Anshar Mummu Seven gods who decree Four primary Anu Enlil Enki Ninhursag Three sky gods Inanna/Ishtar Nanna/Sin Utu/Shamash Other major deities...
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    city requested from Astar in Eanna, Enlil in Nippur, Dagan in Tuttul, Ninhursag in Kes, Ea in Eridu, Sin in Ur, Samas in Sippar, (and) Nergal in Kutha...
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    Nisaba Shala Šumugan Nanna/Sin Nergal Ninazu Ninegal Ningal Ningishzida Ninhursag Ninisina Ninlil Ninshubur Pabilsag Papsukkal Sarpanit Sebitti Tishpak...
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