Tammuz

E211796

Mesopotamian god deity dying-and-rising god fertility god

Tammuz is a Mesopotamian god associated with shepherds, fertility, and seasonal cycles, whose death and rebirth are central themes in ancient Near Eastern religion and myth.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Tammuz canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian god ⓘ deity ⓘ dying-and-rising god ⓘ fertility god ⓘ
associatedWith	agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ flocks ⓘ seasonal cycles ⓘ shepherds ⓘ vegetation ⓘ
centralTheme	death and rebirth ⓘ descent to the underworld ⓘ seasonal dying of vegetation ⓘ
commemoratedBy	lamentations ⓘ mourning rituals ⓘ seasonal festivals ⓘ
culture	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ surface form: Akkadian religion Assyrian religion ⓘ Babylonian polytheism ⓘ surface form: Babylonian religion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ Sumerian religion ⓘ
equivalent	Dumuzi ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Canaanite religion ⓘ ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ later fertility cults ⓘ
linkedConcept	annual agricultural cycle ⓘ cycle of nature ⓘ sacred kingship ⓘ
mythologicalRole	lover of Inanna ⓘ lover of Ishtar ⓘ
nameVariant	Dumuzi ⓘ
religiousText	Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ Sumerian laments for Dumuzi ⓘ
roleInMyth	bringer of seasonal renewal upon return ⓘ victim chosen to remain in the underworld ⓘ
spouse	Inanna ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar
symbol	green vegetation ⓘ spring growth ⓘ young shepherd ⓘ
worshipPeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
worshipRegion	Akkad ⓘ Assyria ⓘ Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ Sumer ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inanna → consort → Tammuz ⓘ

Mesopotamian deity Tammuz → nameInAkkadian → Tammuz ⓘ

subject surface form: Tammuz

Dumuzi → equatedWith → Tammuz ⓘ