Sumerian religion

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Mesopotamian religion ancient religion polytheistic religion

Sumerian religion was the polytheistic belief system of ancient Sumer, centered on a pantheon of gods tied to natural forces and city-states, elaborate temple cults, and myths that deeply influenced later Mesopotamian religions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sumerian religion canonical	25
Sumerian mythology	7
Sumerian pantheon	3
Mesopotamian religion	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ ancient religion ⓘ polytheistic religion ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Enki in Eridu ⓘ Nippur ⓘ surface form: Enlil in Nippur Uruk ⓘ surface form: Inanna in Uruk Nanna ⓘ surface form: Nanna in Ur
coreBelief	gods associated with city-states ⓘ gods associated with natural forces ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
cosmology	tripartite universe of heaven, earth, and underworld ⓘ
declinePeriod	early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
flourishedDuring	3rd millennium BCE ⓘ 4th millennium BCE ⓘ Akkadian Empire ⓘ Early Dynastic period ⓘ Ur III period ⓘ
hasConcept	divine kingship ⓘ fate decreed by the gods ⓘ me (divine decrees) ⓘ underworld ruled by Ereshkigal ⓘ
hasDeity	Anu ⓘ Dumuzi ⓘ Enki ⓘ Enlil ⓘ Ereshkigal ⓘ Inanna ⓘ Inshushinak ⓘ Nanna ⓘ Nergal ⓘ Ninhursag ⓘ Ninurta ⓘ Utu ⓘ
hasInstitution	priesthood ⓘ temple households ⓘ temples ⓘ ziggurats ⓘ
hasRitual	animal sacrifice ⓘ divination ⓘ food and drink offerings ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ incantations ⓘ temple cults ⓘ
hasText	Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta ⓘ Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ surface form: Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld Sumerian creation myths ⓘ Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ surface form: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian versions)
influenced	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ surface form: Akkadian religion Assyrian religion ⓘ Babylonian religion ⓘ later Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ
languageOfRitual	Sumerian language ⓘ surface form: Sumerian
legacy	influencing Near Eastern religious concepts ⓘ shaping Mesopotamian pantheon structure ⓘ
majorDeity	Enki ⓘ Enlil ⓘ Inanna ⓘ Nanna ⓘ Utu ⓘ
practicedIn	Sumer ⓘ Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: southern Mesopotamia
relatedTo	Sumerian literature ⓘ Sumerian religion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sumerian mythology
supremeDeity	Anu ⓘ
transmittedThrough	cuneiform tablets ⓘ temple schools ⓘ
viewOfAfterlife	gloomy underworld ⓘ
worshipPlace	Uruk archaeological site ⓘ surface form: Eanna temple in Uruk Ekur temple in Nippur ⓘ Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ surface form: ziggurat of Ur

Referenced by (36)

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

Sumer → religion → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Inanna → culture → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Ur → religionPracticed → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Anu → culture → Sumerian religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian religion

Anu → culture → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Enlil → culture → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Shamash → worshippedIn → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Dumuzi → culture → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Ereshkigal → culture → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Ekur → religiousTradition → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Nuska → pantheon → Sumerian religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sumerian pantheon

Umma → religion → Sumerian religion ⓘ

Sumerian religion → relatedTo → Sumerian religion self-linksurface differs ⓘ