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2. Ninhursag - Wikipedia

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   Enki was portrayed as Ninhursag's consort in the myth Enki and Ninhursag, in which the eponymous goddess is treated as the same deity as Damgalnuna, Enki's usual wife. [57] However, Dina Katz points out that the goddesses were usually separate. [43] In Enki and Ninmah, Enki instead refers to Ninmah as his sister. [58] [59] [2]

3. Enki - Wikipedia

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   Enki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒂗𒆠 D EN-KI) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge , crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud), and one of the Anunnaki. He was later known as Ea (Akkadian: 𒀭𒂍𒀀) or Ae [5] in Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) religion, and is identified by some scholars with Ia in Canaanite religion.

4. Šassūrātu - Wikipedia

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   Šassūrātu appear as assistants of Ninmah in the myth Enki and Ninmah. [14] In this text, their names are given as Ninimma, Šuzianna, Ninmada, Ninšar, Ninmug, Mumudu and Ninnigina. [4] Wilfred G. Lambert established that these seven goddesses do not occur as a group anywhere else, and that at least six of them are attested in other sources ...

5. Ninurta - Wikipedia

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   The myth of Ninurta and the Turtle, recorded in UET 6/1 2, is a fragment of what was originally a much longer literary composition. [39] In it, after defeating the Anzû, Ninurta is honored by Enki in Eridu. [39] Enki senses his thoughts and creates a giant turtle, which he releases behind Ninurta and which bites the hero's ankle.

6. Creation of life from clay - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] The Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninmah (Ninhursag) states that humans were fashioned from clay to serve the gods (see Enki and the Making of Man). Of note, the creation of humans is portrayed as a contest between Enki and Ninhursag, who take turns finding correct places in society for the newly created humans.

7. Ninimma - Wikipedia

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   A further myth which mentions Ninimma is Enki and Ninhursag, according to which she was a daughter of Ninkurra and Enki and mother of Uttu. [59] In the version from Nippur she is absent [60] and Ninkurra gives birth to Uttu instead. [59] It is not certain why these specific goddesses were selected for their respective roles. [3]

8. List of Mesopotamian deities - Wikipedia

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   He acts as Enki's messenger in the myths of Enki and Ninhursag and Inanna and Enki. [161] Ishum: Ishum was a popular, but not very prominent god, [391] who was worshipped from the Early Dynastic Period onwards. [391] In a fragmentary myth, he is described as the son of Shamash and Ninlil, [391] but he was usually the son of Shamash and his wife ...

9. Ninmada - Wikipedia

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   The female Ninmada was a divine snake charmer, and in the myth Enki and Ninmah she appears as an assistant of the eponymous goddess. The male Ninmada was called the "worshiper of An" and was regarded as a brother of the snake god Ninazu. It is assumed that these deities could be partially conflated with each other or shared a similar origin ...