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Nanna

deity sky Norse single tradition · 14

Nanna is a deceased deity whose death is described along with Baldr's in Gylfaginning. She is said to have passed over the bridge Gjallarbrú upon death, along with Baldr. She was burned on a funeral pyre.

↻ synthesized from 14 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the 13th-century Gylfaginning.

Relationships

sibling of
Inanna, Ninazu, Ninurta, Nergal, Enbilulu
co occurs with
Ningublaga, Ninlil, Ig-alima, Šul-šagana, Anunnaki, Nanum, Nanni, Dilimbabbar, Namraṣit, Manzat, Sherida, Mamu, Kittum, Pinikir, Shimige, Ishtaran, Idlurugu, Enmeduranki, Tammuz, Agdistis, Hannahannah, Innini, Mami, Pessinuntica, the Idaean Mother, Dingirmah, Beldeg, Rindr, Litr, Hermod, Týr, Hyrrokkin, Þökk, Norns, Helheim, Forseti, Frigg, Fulla, forest maidens, Nannar, Surtur, Karnilla, Móðguðr, Hermóðr, Ningirsu, Ninisina, Ninhursag, Zababa, Bau, Ninmah, Gula, Pabilsag, Abu, Enki, Aya, Ishum, Gilgamesh, Adad, Cybele, Ma, Vali, Hyrrokin, Hel, Thor, Odin, Loki
parent of
Utu, Inanna, Shamash, Ištar, Forseti
syncretized with
Sin, Nanã
consort of
Ningal, Baldr, Balder, Balderus, Hotherus, Höðr
child of
Enlil, An, Nökkvi, Nepr

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Mentioned by

and 16 more

Sources

wikipedia (14)
  1. Móðguðr
  2. Ninisina
  3. Ninurta
  4. Anunnaki
  5. Shamash
  6. Sin (mythology)
  7. Ziggurat of Ur
  8. Queen of Heaven (antiquity)
  9. Baldr
  10. Balder the Brave
  11. The Ballad of Baldr
  12. Forseti
  13. Hringhorni
  14. Nanna (Norse deity)

Source passages

“In the book Gylfaginning at the end of Chapter 49, the death of Baldr and Nanna is described. Hermóðr, described as Baldr's brother in this source, sets out to Hel on horseback to retrieve the deceased Baldr.”

#11177 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Nanna or Inanna in Ur in the Ur III period, Ishtar in Mari during the reign of Zimri-Lim, or Shamash in sources from the reign of Hammurabi.”

#11268 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“As the son of Enlil, Ninurta's siblings include: Nanna, Nergal, Ninazu, Enbilulu, and sometimes Inanna.”

#12108 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“This group of deities probably included the "seven gods who decree": An, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu, and Inanna. Nanna was the moon.”

#14892 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“He could be assisted in this role by his father Nanna, his sister Inanna, and various minor judge deities.”

#17261 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001