Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Nintu 223god Nana, she also conceived the underworld godNergal when Enlil impregnated her disguised asthe gateman of Nippur. In a similar manner sheconceived the underworld god Ninazu when Enlilimpregnated her disguised as the “man of theriver of the nether world, the man-devouringriver.” According to some texts she is also themother of Ninurta, the god of the plough andthunderstorms.NinsikilThe goddess of Dilmun. Mesopotamian (Sumerian).The patron deity of the mythical paradiseland of Dilmun which seems to have been perceivedas somewhere off the coast of the PersianGulf but firmly beyond the frontiers of Sumer. Itis Ninsikil who pleads with Enki to provide theearth with the boon of fresh water in the sacredrivers Tigris and Euphrates.NinmahMother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerianand Babylonian-Akkadian). Probably an earlysyncretization with Ninhursag˜a. Identified increation texts acting as midwife while themother goddess Nammu makes differentkinds of human individuals from lumps of clayat a feast given by Enki to celebrate thecreation of humankind. Also regarded asthe mother of the goddess Uttu by Enki.See also Ninhursag˜a.Ninmena (lady of the crown)Mother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian).Probably became syncretized with Ninhursag˜a.NinniGoddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian). A modernmis-reading of Innin, which is itself an outmodedversion of the name Inana.Nin-šar (lady plant)Minor mother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian).Nin-šar is linked briefly as consort to eitherEnlil (her father) or Enki by whom, after ninedays of gestation, she gave birth to the goddessNinkurra who, in turn, became the mother of thegoddess Uttu.NinšuburMessenger god(dess). Mesopotamian (Sumerianand Babylonian-Akkadian). The servant of thegoddess Inana, she is particularly prominent inthe legend of Inana’s Descent and the Death ofDumuzi. In Akkadian texts the sex changes to amale personality, the minister of Anu.Ninsun(a) (lady wild cow)Cow goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). Tutelary goddess ofGudea of Lagaš. Consort of the Sumerian heroicking Lugalbanda and also identified as the motherof the hero Gilgameš.NinšušinakNational god. Elamite [Iran]. Derived from aSumerian model.NintinuggaGoddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian). See Gula.NintuMother goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). According to legend shepinched off fourteen pieces of primordial claywhich she formed into womb deities, seven on