Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

222 Ninigibaby on her left arm. She is typically depictedwearing horned headdress and tiered skirt; oftenwith bow cases at her shoulders; not infrequentlycarrying a mace or baton surmounted by theomega motif or a derivation; sometimes accompaniedby a lion cub on a leash. The tutelary deityto several Sumerian rulers, in Creator of the Hoeshe completed the birth of mankind after theheads had been uncovered by ENKI’s hoe.Most Mesopotamian gods lived in mountains andthe name Ninhursag˜a bears significance because,according to legend, it was changed from NINMAHby her son NINURTA to commemorate his creationof the mountains. Her name “lady of silence”derives from the notion that the child in the wombis susceptible to both good and bad influence. Thusthe wrong incantations may jeopardize the child’swell-being. As “lady of the diadem,” according toa Babylonian investiture ritual, she placed thegolden crown on the king in the Eanna temple.Ninigi (Prince)Ancestral god. Shinto [Japan]. The deity who,according to tradition, is the heir apparent of thesun goddess Amaterasu. He was sent to earthfrom heaven to rule at the behest of the gods. Hisparents are Taka-Mi-Musubi and Ame-No-Oshi-Ho-Mimi and he takes the title of “divine grandchild.”He is the ancestral deity of the imperialdynasties.Nin-IlduGod of carpenters. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). Minor tutelary deity.Nin-ImmaFertility goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). Deification of the femalesex organs, fathered by Enki with Ninkurra.Nin’insinnaFertility goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). A daughter of An andUraš and probably an alternative name for Ištar.She is the consort of the god Pabilsag and is mentionedin respect of a sanctuary built by WaradSin during the Isin dynasty. Texts describe hergoing to present Enlil with gifts in Nippur. Otherinscriptions suggest she was the mother of thegod Damu (Dumuzi).NinkarnunnaBarber god. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). An attendant of the godNinurta.NinkigalChthonic god. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). Worshiped at Ur and Ummaduring the period of the third dynasty of Ur.Celebrations included the eses monthly lunarfestivals.NinkurraMinor mother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerianand Babylonian-Akkadian). Ninkurra is linkedbriefly as consort to Enlil (her grandfather), bywhom after nine days of gestation she gave birthto the goddess Uttu. In alternative mythology shewas the mother of Nin-imma, the deification offemale sex organs.NinlilGoddess of the air and of grain. Mesopotamian(Sumerian). She is the daughter of the god ofstores, Haia, and the barley goddess, Ninsebargunnu.The consort of the air god Enlil, whoimpregnated her with water to create the moon