Ningishzida
Ningishzida is a deity whose shrine may have been housed in the temple dedicated to Dumuzi-abzu in Kinunir. Ningishzida is also mentioned as the king's personal god.
↻ synthesized from 19 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ishkur, Ugurtu, Nina, Shulsaga, lamma, Shul-utula, Damgalnuna, Haya, Ningublaga, Ištaran, Gunura, Šumaḫ, Urash, Lugal-Isin, Ḫegirnuna, Zazaru, IM-pa'e, Ḫesaga, Zurmu, Zarmu, Ninsar, Inshushinak, Erra, Ereshkigal, Nungal, Kanisurra, Birtum, Nam-tar, Ninsar, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Amar-Sin, Ninazimua, Ningirida, Azimua, Ninpumuna, Alla-gula, Enmesharra, Ninlil, Niraḫ, Ninmesharra, Dumuzid, Huwawa, Agga, Etana, Ninazu, Ishtaran, Lakupittu, Lahar, Gukishbanda, Kulla, Ningubalaga, Damu, Ashratum, Alla, Belet-Seri, Gubarra, Ninsun, ancestors of Enlil, Dimmeku, dUD.AL.TAR, Sagmegar, Nēberu, Isis, Osiris, Nanshe, Gatumdug, Anu, Utu, Nergal, Ninhursag, Dumuzi-abzu, Nin-MAR.KI, Hendursaga, Nindara, Sin, Enki, Nisaba, Ninurta, Ninisina, Pabilsag, Set, Bau, Igalim, Shulshaga, An, Zababa, Urnunta-ea, Lagamal, Allani, Shuwala, Ugur, Hermes, Dionysus, Allatum, Belet-Šuḫnir, Ninshubur, Inanna, Shamash, Bull of Heaven, Enkidu, Lisin, Enlil, Marduk, Šulpae, Nāgas
- allied with
- Inshushinak, Ishtaran, Tishpak, Ningirsu, Bitu, Ninpumuna, Ninazu, Alla, Gilgamesh, Ninkasi, Irnina
- served by
- Ningirsu, Ištar, Alla, Ipahum, Gishbandagirizal, Lugalsaparku, Lugalshude, Namengarshudu, Usheg
- child of
- Ninazu, Ningiridda
- sibling of
- Amashilama, Labarshilama
- consort of
- Ekurritum, Geshtinanna
Mentioned by
- Isis
- Osiris
- Nanshe
- Gatumdug
- Anu
- Utu
- Nergal
- Ninhursag
- Dumuzi-abzu
- Nin-MAR.KI
- Hendursaga
- Nindara
- Sin
- Enki
- Nisaba
- Ninurta
and 46 more
Sources
Source passages
“A temple dedicated to her existed in Kinunir. It is possible that it also housed shrines of Nergal and Ningishzida. At one point it was pillaged by Lugalzagesi. Kinunir often occurs in documents from the Ur III period alongside Nina, the cult center of Nanshe.”
#10986 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Passages alluding to this event are considered evidence of lamma being regarded as separate from a personal deity, as it is well attested that Ningishzida played this role for said ruler.”
#11016 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Additional members of the pantheon mentioned in association with her in hymns include Nisaba, Haya, Ningublaga, Ningishzida and Ištaran, though in the case of the last two the context in which they appear is unclear.”
#11226 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“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.”
#11295 · 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"”
#11771 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5