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Ninurta

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Ninurta is a Sumerian god. He is depicted overcoming a seven-headed serpent in Sumerian iconography of the 3rd millennium BC.

↻ synthesized from 18 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Depicted in Sumerian iconography.

Relationships

co occurs with
Rahmanan, al-Raḥmān, Dumuzi, Ningishzida, Damu, Gunura, Šumaḫ, Urash, Lugal-Isin, Sin, Išḫara, Annunitum, Dagan, Nisaba, Ninkarrak, Ilaba, Manzat, Shullat, Hanish, Umshu, dšu-nir, Imzuanna, Lulu, Lugalbanda, Ninzuanna, Lugalmea, Ili-mīšar, Numushda, Tishpak, Erra, Abu, Ig-alima, Šul-šagana, Shara, Girra, Birdu, Nimrod, Nusku, Enki, Nanshe, Igalim, Shulshaga, Urnunta-ea, Ḫegirnuna, Anzû, Ningublaga, Igišta, Alammuš, Inanna, Lugal-silimma, Guanungia, Nabu, Ea, Damkina, Ereshkigal, Anunnaki, Igigi, Madānu, Utnapishtim, Ellil, Mushteshirhablim, Neretagmil, Damkianna, Lugalirra, Adad, Teshub, Shala, Gibil, Ningal, Rammanu, Nanna/Sin, Utu/Shamash, Inanna/Ishtar, Dagānu, Amurru, Anu, Ninisina, Pabilsag, Bau, Ugur, Papsukkal, Ninlil, Inanna of Kish, Anat, Hauron, Marduk, Nupatik, Ḫešui, Šulinkatte, Iyarri, Wurunkatte, Nabbazabba, Nam-tar, Meslamtaea, Ištar, Birtum, Nuska, Shuzianna, Asag, igitelû, Suen, Ennugi, Ennugigi, Ninkilim, Alulu, Gula, Tammuz, Enbilulu, Lugaldukuga, Lagamal, Ishmekarab, Nergal, Inshushinak, Ninegal, Ipte-bit, Ikšudum, Šulpae, Ninazu, Lotan, Tiamat, Yammu, Tunannu, Têmtum, Hadad, ʿAṯtar
syncretized with
Shamash, Inshushinak, Lugal-Marada, Ningirsu, dIGI.DU, Aštabi, Zababa, Nisroch
child of
Ninhursag, Ninhursag, Ninlil, Ninmah, Enlil, Ashur
aspect of
Marduk
enemy of
Asag, Slain Heroes, Anzû, Enmesharra, Asakku, Turtle, Wild Ram, Palm Tree King, serpent, Kulianna the Mermaid, Magillum Boat, strong copper
allied with
gods of Eshumesha, Enlil, Aššur, An, Lisin, Ninamaškuga
manifested by
Lugal-Marada, Ningirsu
sibling of
Nanna
served by
gods of Eshumesha, Iškur, Sharur, Shargaz
consort of
Ninnibru

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (18)
  1. Leviathan
  2. Rahmanan
  3. Ninhursag
  4. Ninisina
  5. Ilaba
  6. Inshushinak
  7. Lugal-Marada
  8. Marduk
  9. Ningirsu
  10. Nergal
  11. Anunnaki
  12. Hadad
  13. Hauron
  14. Zababa
  15. Birtum
  16. Ennugi
  17. Lagamal
  18. Šulpae

Source passages

“They are attested by the 3rd millennium BC in Sumerian iconography depicting the god Ninurta overcoming a seven-headed serpent.”

#2295 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the root r-ḥ-m and its derivative words, originally referring not to a deity but just the notion of mercy, appears in Akkadian (sometimes an epithet for the god Ninurta), Hebrew (occurring in the Hebrew Bible), Old Aramaic (especially as an epithet for the Mesopotamian god Hadad)”

#3756 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“most notably as the mother of Ninurta in the Anzû Epic.”

#10260 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Sporadically an association between Ninisina and Ninurta is also attested, but there is no strong indication in known sources that they were regarded as a couple in their respective cult centers, Isin and Nippur.”

#11290 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Ilaba is also one of the five Mesopotamian deities mentioned in a treaty between Naram-Sin and an unknown ruler of Elam, the other four being Išḫara, Manzat, Ninkarrak and Ninurta.”

#11721 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001