Ninkasi
deity sky Mesopotamian single tradition · 3
Ninkasi is a beer deity.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
Relationships
- serves
- Enlil
- co occurs with
- Bēlet-balāṭi, Dullum, Nindumgul, Igalimma, Eḫ, Bizila, Nin-Isina, Ninimma, Ennugi, Nanibgal, Gā'u, Kusu, Ninmada, Gugalanna, Irnina, Nintinugga, Ereshkigal, Nungal, Birtum, Manungal, Anu, Nergal, Lases, Ningirsu, Gula, Pabilsag, Siras, Marduk, Nisaba, Haya, Ninlil, Ninsar, Enmesharra, Suen, Mandanu, Ninazu, Ishtaran
- syncretized with
- Kurunnītu
- allied with
- Ningishzida
Mentioned by
- Nintinugga
- Ereshkigal
- Nungal
- Birtum
- Manungal
- Anu
- Nergal
- Lases
- Ningirsu
- Gula
- Pabilsag
- Siras
- Marduk
- Nisaba
- Haya
- Ninlil
and 6 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“The Weidner god list places the beer deities Ninkasi and Siraš between Maungal and Laṣ, the wife of Nergal, who was also a deity associated with the underworld. Similarly, the goddess dKAŠ.DIN.NAM, most likely to be read as Kurunnītu, who is assumed to be a late form of Ninkasi appears in association with Bēlet-balāṭi.”
#37171 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ennugi appears alongside other courtiers of Enlil, after Ninimma and before Kusu, Ninšar, Ninkasi and Ninmada.”
#38954 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“an association between him and alcoholic beverages (specifically wine) is well attested, for example one text mentions him alongside the beer goddess Ninkasi”
#39343 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5