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    the gods to bring Inanna back. All of them refuse her, except Enki, who sends two sexless beings to rescue Inanna. They escort Inanna out of the underworld...
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    suspended on a nail. The god Enki intervenes indirectly, restoring Inanna to life. However, on her return journey, Inanna is required to deliver another...
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    Ninhursag (redirect from Enki and Ninhursag)
    most well known myths are Enki and Ninhursag describing her dealings with Enki resulting from his sexual exploits, and Enki and Ninmah a creation myth...
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    Anu (section Inanna myths)
    the Eanna temple located in Uruk originally belonged to him, rather than Inanna, but while he is well attested as one of its divine inhabitants, there is...
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  • The stories of Inanna, goddess of Uruk, describe how she had to go to Eridu in order to receive the gifts of civilization. At first Enki, the god of Eridu...
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    Ninshubur (category Inanna)
    which leads to his death in this composition. In Inanna and Enki, Ninshubur helps Inanna escape from Enki's servants after theft of the me. Frans Wiggermann...
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    list indicates that sometimes Enlil, Inanna and Enki were regarded as the three most significant deities. Inanna was also the most important deity in...
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    Dumuzid (category Inanna)
    Bad-tibira and also an early king of the city of Uruk. In Inanna's Descent into the Underworld, Inanna perceives that Dumuzid has failed to properly mourn her...
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    reach) temple to Enki in Eridu E-uru-ga E-zagin (Lapis lazuli house), temple to Nisaba in Uruk E-zida-temple to Nabu E-zi-Kalam-ma, to Inanna in Zabala, built...
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    as the head of the divine assembly (Ubšu’ukkin),with Anu, Enlil, Inanna, Utu, Enki and Ninhursag serving as his advisers. Two of his titles known from...
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    Gala (priests) (category Inanna)
    According to an old Babylonian text, Enki created the gala specifically to sing "heart-soothing laments" for the goddess Inanna. Cuneiform references indicate...
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    be derived from a Levantine version of the earlier Mesopotamian myth of Inanna (Ishtar) and Dumuzid (Tammuz). In late 19th and early 20th century scholarship...
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    Bird Inanna's Descent to the Underworld, The Legend of Adapa Narratives featuring deities, such as Enki, Enlil (including Enlil and Ninlil), Inanna, Inanna...
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    nights, Inanna is dead, until she is resurrected with the help of her father, Enki, who sends the two galla to bring her back. The galla serve Inanna food...
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    Alster, Bendt. 1974. "On the Interpretation of the Sumerian Myth 'Inanna and Enki'". In Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 64. 20-34. Krecher, Joachim. 1992...
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    from Fara, he is the sixth among the deities listed, after Anu, Enlil, Inanna, Enki and Nanna. In later god lists, for example in An = Anum, he and his circle...
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    although Johandi suggests that the god Martu who appeared together with Enki and Damgalnuna in the Ur III period could possibly refer instead to the similarly...
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    mythology, this realm was created by Enki. It was also where Enki lived and ruled over. Due to the connection with Enki, the lower waters were associated...
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    the passing of the gifts of civilization (me) to Inanna, goddess of Uruk and of love and war, by Enki, god of wisdom and chief god of Eridu, may reflect...
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  • ruler virtuous, with the other members of this group being Enki, Gatumdug, Hendursaga, Inanna, Lugalurub, Nanshe, Nindara and Ningirsu. However, based on...
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    Sages of human descent, whom Enki/Ea, the Lord, endowed with comprehensive understanding. † Goatfish were associated with Enki/Ea Translated to English in...
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    through the arrows of the god Ninurta. Anzu also appears in the story of "Inanna and the Huluppu Tree", which is recorded in the preamble to the Sumerian...
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  • one of the oldest attested city goddesses, with Nisaba, Nanshe, Inanna of Uruk and Inanna of Zabalam being the only other ones present in texts of comparable...
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    …Psychologically, the dragon is one's own binding of oneself to one's own ego." Enki Ninurta Inanna Marduk Ra Teshub Indra Garuda Janamejaya Uttanka Baal El (deity)...
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    Enlil, given wisdom by Enki, nominated by Utu, chief minister of Suen, military governor of Utu, one who provides for Inanna, son born of Nisaba, fed...
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    Sumerian epic poem of Inanna and Enki, the goddess Inanna tricks Enki, the god of water, into giving her all of the sacred mes, prompting Enki to send various...
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    portal Elagabalus (deity) Divine Council Allah Ancient Semitic religion Anu Enki Names of God in Judaism Theophory in the Bible Ahura Mazda Fontenrose 1957...
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    Ningal and Nanna were Inanna (Ishtar), who represented Venus, and Utu (Shamash), who represented the sun. The view that Inanna was a daughter of Nanna...
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    Pazuzu-head amulets inscribed with the standard B incantation" Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 111 (2017) 109-132". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-26...
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    of Agade lists her among the most prominent deities, alongside Sin, Enki, Inanna, Ninurta, Ishkur and Nuska. This grouping is regarded as unusual by researchers...
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