Ninazu
Ninazu is a Sumerian deity whose name includes the cuneiform sign NIN. While "nin" is often translated as a feminine noble title, it was grammatically neutral and can be found in the names of male deities as well, in which case it instead means "lord."
↻ synthesized from 12 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in earliest Sumerian texts.
Relationships
- allied with
- Inshushinak, Ishtaran, Tishpak, Ninpumuna, Ningishzida, Alla
- co occurs with
- Ninlil, Ig-alima, Šul-šagana, Inshushinak, Erra, Nungal, Kanisurra, Birtum, Ishtaran, Tishpak, Nam-tar, Ninsar, Niraḫ, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Bitu, Amar-Sin, Ningirida, Ninazimua, Azimua, Ninpumuna, Alla-gula, Enmesharra, Ninmesharra, Ereshkigal, Ninkasi, Irnina, Lakupittu, Lahar, Gukishbanda, Kulla, Ningubalaga, Amurru, Ashratum, Alla, Belet-Seri, Gubarra, Ekurritum, Gishbandagirizal, Lugalsaparku, Lugalshude, Namengarshudu, Usheg, Shamash, An, Ningirsu, Ninisina, Ningublaga, Ninhursag, Zababa, Bau, Ninmah, Gula, Pabilsag, Abu, Lagamal, Allani, Shuwala, Ugur, Ištar, Išḫara, Geshtinanna, Allatum, Belet-Šuḫnir, Ninshubur, Ninsun, Haya, Dumuzi, Damu, Anu, Lisin, Gilgamesh, Šulpae
- parent of
- Ningishzida, Amashilama, Labarshilama
- child of
- Enlil, Ereshkigal, Gugalana, Gugalanna
- consort of
- Ningiridda
- served by
- Ipahum
Mentioned by
- Shamash
- An
- Ningirsu
- Ninisina
- Ningublaga
- Ninhursag
- Zababa
- Bau
- Ninmah
- Gula
- Pabilsag
- Abu
- Lagamal
- Allani
- Shuwala
- Ugur
and 20 more
Sources
Source passages
“While "nin" is often translated as a feminine noble title, it was grammatically neutral and can be found in the names of male deities as well, for example Ningirsu, Ninazu and Ningublaga, in which case it instead means "lord."”
#11264 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“alongside Ninazu, Ningishzida, Ishtaran and Tishpak he can be considered one of the members of a category of deities he refers to as the "Transtigridian snake gods"”
#11770 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“As the son of Enlil, Ninurta's siblings include: Nanna, Nergal, Ninazu, Enbilulu, and sometimes Inanna.”
#12110 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ninazu”
#12237 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Some researchers believe that Ninazu originally fulfilled this function, with Ereshkigal only becoming a significant ruler of the land of the dead in Sumerian imagination at a later point in time.”
#12499 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001