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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]
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.
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 ...
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]
[103] [104] [105] She is only revived due to Enki's intervention [103] [104] [105] and her husband Dumuzid is forced to take her place in the Underworld. [106] [107] Alongside her twin brother Utu, Inanna was the enforcer of divine justice. [94] Ninhursag Damgalnuna, Ninmah [108] E-Mah temple in Adab, Kesh [108]
Nammu appears in the myth Enki and Ninmah. [39] While the text comes from Old Babylonian period, it might reflect an older tradition from the Ur III period. [40] Two complete copies most likely postdating the reign of Samsu-iluna are known, in addition to a bilingual Sumero-Akkadian version from the library of Ashurbanipal. [41]
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 ...
In the myth Enki and Ninmah, Ninšar appears as one of the seven assistants of the eponymous goddess, the other six being Ninimma, Shuzianna, Ninmug, Ninmada, Mumudu and Ninniginna. [16] They do not appear together otherwise. [2] However, in this myth they are collectively described as Šassūrātu, a term used to collectively refer to Ninmah's ...