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Ninazu (Sumerian: 𒀭𒎏𒀀𒋢; "lord healer") was a
Mesopotamian god of the underworld. He was also ****ociated with
snakes and vegetation, and with time acquired...
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marriage to the god Nergal.
Other myths also ****ociate her with gods such as
Ninazu,
originally regarded as her
husband but
later as a son, and Ningishzida...
- land of the dead. He also
shared many of his
functions with his
father Ninazu. In
myths he
usually appears in an
underworld setting,
though in the myth...
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Ningirida was a
Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of
Ninazu and
mother of Ningishzida.
Little is
known about her
character beyond her relation...
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called the "worshiper of An" and was
regarded as a
brother of the
snake god
Ninazu. It is ****umed that
these deities could be
partially conflated with each...
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alternative name for Ennugi. The son of
Ereshkigal and
Gugalanna is
Ninazu. In Inanna's
Descent into the Underworld, Inanna, the
goddess of love, beauty...
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alternative name for Ennugi. The son of
Ereshkigal and
Gugalanna is
Ninazu. In Inanna's
Descent into the Underworld,
Inanna tells the
gatekeeper Neti...
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conception of the moon-god
Nanna and the
Underworld deities Nergal,
Ninazu, and Enbilulu.
Enlil was
regarded as the
inventor of the
mattock and the...
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recognized as a
ruler of the
underworld in the
south due to the
existence of
Ninazu (sometimes ****umed to be the
earliest Mesopotamian god of death) and Ereshkigal...
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tutelary deity of
Eshnunna was
Ninazu,
worshiped in the
temple Esikil. From the
Sargonic period onward,
Tishpak competed with
Ninazu in that location, and the...
