Sud

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Sud is a Mesopotamian goddess later identified with Ninlil, known primarily as the consort of the chief Sumerian god Enlil.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sud canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess
Sumerian deity
appearsIn Enlil and Sud
Sumerian myth
associatedWithCity Shuruppak
associatedWithConcept divine courtship
marriage
associatedWithDeity Enlil
Ninurta
Zababa
associatedWithPlace Nippur
associatedWithRitual marriage rites of Enlil
consortOf Enlil
cultCenter Shuruppak
culture Mesopotamian
Sumerian
divineHierarchyPosition member of the Enlil circle
epithet beloved of Enlil
pure lady
equatedWith Ninlil
familyRelation mother of Ninurta (in later tradition via identification with Ninlil)
mother of Zababa (in some traditions via identification with Ninlil)
hasAlternativeForm Suda (variant transliteration)
hasAspect aspect of Ninlil (in later theology)
hasDomain household and family (via role as consort)
hasMythologicalFunction model of ideal divine wife
hasNameOrigin Sumerian language
hasRole chief consort of Enlil
hasTitle queen of Nippur
identifiedWith Ninlil
languageOfSources Sumerian language
surface form: Sumerian
laterIdentifiedWith Ninlil
mentionedIn Sumerian literary texts
god lists
narrativeRole bride of Enlil
goddess courted by Enlil
religion Mesopotamian religion
Sumerian religion
sexOrGender female
spouse Enlil
statusChange local goddess later merged with Ninlil
typeOfCult local city goddess
worshipLanguage Sumerian hymns
worshippedIn Mesopotamia
Shuruppak
worshipPeriod Early Dynastic period
Old Babylonian Empire
surface form: Old Babylonian period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Enlil spouse Sud
Ninlil equatedWith Sud
Ninlil nameVariant Sud