Dumuzi
Dumuzi is the husband of Inanna. It is nonetheless possible that after she ceased to be worshiped, the name Dumuzi-abzu was misunderstood as belonging to him.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dumuzi-gu'ena, Gunura, Šumaḫ, Urash, Lugal-Isin, Ereshkigal, Lulal, Latarak, Lugaledinna, Anunītu, Duttur, galla, Ningirima, Enmesharra, Apantu, Mišaru, almanu, Sebitti, Tašme-zikru, Ninsun, Nungal, Birtum, Manungal, Ninegal, Bēlet-balāṭi, Ninimma, Ninazu, Damu, Geshtinanna, Amurru, Ashratum, Alla, Belet-Seri, Gubarra, Azimua, Irnina, Ningiridda, Amashilama, Labarshilama, Ekurritum, Ipahum, Gishbandagirizal, Lugalsaparku, Lugalshude, Namengarshudu, Usheg, Dumuzi-abzu, Isis, Osiris, Ninurta, Ninisina, Pabilsag, Set, Adad, Shala, Išḫara, Allani, Šauška, Nisaba, Ištar, Annunitum, Gula, Enlil, Bau, Ningirsu, Shamash, Ishtar, Adonis
- consort of
- Inanna
- syncretized with
- Lulal, Alla, Ningishzida, Tammuz
- allied with
- Shara, Inanna, Anu, Ninshubur, Nanaya, Geshtinanna, Gilgamesh, Geshtindudu, Utu, Belili
- sibling of
- Geshtinanna
Mentioned by
- Dumuzi-abzu
- Isis
- Osiris
- Ninurta
- Ninisina
- Pabilsag
- Set
- Adad
- Shala
- Išḫara
- Allani
- Šauška
- Nisaba
- Ištar
- Annunitum
- Gula
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Confusion between Dumuzi-abzu and Dumuzi does appear to be present in a few literary texts. For example, in one love song Inanna addresses her lover as Dumuzi-abzu, rather than Dumuzi. It is a matter of debate whether the theonym Dumuzi present in pre-Sargonic administrative documents and theophoric names should be interpreted as Dumuzi-abzu or as the husband of Inanna.”
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“She also proposes that Damu only acquired his own character as a healing deity due to his new status as Ninisina's son, and that originally his primary role was that of a dying god comparable to Dumuzi and Ningishzida.”
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“Whether Lulal himself could be regarded as a divine lover is uncertain, though it has been proposed that in some cases he could be identified with Dumuzi, well attested in such a role.”
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“Her husband, the vegetation god Dumuzi, agrees to spend half the year in the underworld, during which time vegetation dies off. His return brings regrowth.”
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“In god lists, Shara consistently occurs in the circle of Inanna and Dumuzi after the Ur III period.”
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