Ninhursag

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Sumerian goddess earth goddess fertility goddess mother goddess mountain goddess

Ninhursag is a major Sumerian mother goddess associated with fertility, mountains, and the earth.

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All labels observed (5)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sumerian goddess ⓘ earth goddess ⓘ fertility goddess ⓘ mother goddess ⓘ mountain goddess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mami ⓘ Ninhursag ⓘ surface form: Ninhursaga Ninhursag ⓘ surface form: Ninmah Nintu ⓘ
appearsIn	Enki and Ninhursag ⓘ Enki and Ninmah ⓘ Sumerian literature ⓘ surface form: Sumerian creation myths
associatedWith	birth of gods and kings ⓘ creation ⓘ earth ⓘ fertility ⓘ motherhood ⓘ mountains ⓘ
consortOf	Enki ⓘ
culture	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ Sumerian religion ⓘ
domain	earth ⓘ mountains ⓘ womb ⓘ
epithet	Exalted Lady ⓘ Lady Birth-giver ⓘ Lady of the Mountain ⓘ
function	granting kingship and legitimacy ⓘ healing of divine and royal bodies ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
memberOfPantheon	Sumerian religion ⓘ surface form: Sumerian pantheon
parentOf	Ninkurra ⓘ Ninmena ⓘ Ninsar ⓘ Ninurta ⓘ Uttu ⓘ
rank	one of the great gods of Sumer ⓘ
relatedConcept	mother earth archetype ⓘ
role	creator of humans ⓘ mother of gods ⓘ patroness of childbirth ⓘ
spouse	Enki ⓘ
symbol	mountain motif ⓘ omega-shaped hair band ⓘ
worshipCenter	Adab ⓘ Kesh ⓘ Lagash ⓘ Ur ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Early Dynastic period ⓘ
worshipRegion	Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: southern Mesopotamia

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

Enlil → parent → Ninhursag ⓘ

Shamash → parent → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ningal

Sin → consort → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ningal

Sumerian religion → hasDeity → Ninhursag ⓘ

Utu → parents → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ningal

Nanna → spouse → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ningal

Kesh Temple Hymn → subject → Ninhursag ⓘ

Kesh Temple Hymn → praises → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: goddess Ninhursag

Kesh Temple Hymn → associatedDeity → Ninhursag ⓘ

Dilmun → associatedWith → Ninhursag ⓘ

Ninhursag → alsoKnownAs → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ninhursaga

Ninhursag → alsoKnownAs → Ninhursag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ninmah

Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Ninhursag ⓘ