Namšara

deity underworld Hurrian single tradition · 4

Namšara is a Hurrian primordial deity. Alfonso Archi suggests that Namšara might have been derived from Enmešarra.

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When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – -1200
Historical notes
Appears in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.

Relationships

aspect of
Anunnaki

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Sources

Source passages

“Archi additionally suggests that another of the Hurrian primordial deities, Namšara, might have been derived from Enmešarra.”

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“Most frequently listed sequence consists of Nara, Namšara, Minki, Ammunki, Ammizzadu, Tuḫuši, Alalu, Anu, Antu, Apantu, Enlil and Ninlil. The names of many of the primeval deities were arranged in texts in rhyming pairs, according to Piotr Taracha for magical reasons.”

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“Alfonso Archi considers it possible that the name of Namšara, one of the so-called "primordial gods," divine ancestors inhabiting the underworld in Hurrian mythology, was derived from Enmesharra.”

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