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Ningirsu : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
74 words, approx. 1 pages
(‘lord of Girsu’) A Sumerian god belonging to the Lagaš pantheon, the husband of → Baba. He is probably identical with → Ninurta, and like the latter he appears in two distinct functions: he is first a god of fertility and...
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Ninurta : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
67 words, approx. 1 pages
(Sumerian=‘lord of the earth’) Ancient Mesopotamian god, the son of → Enlil, husband of the goddess of healing → Gula. It is Ninurta that is thanked for flourishing herds and fertile fields. He also displays warlike traits, and...
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Ninurta Summary
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NINURTA. A divinity of Nippur, Ninurta was the son of Enlil and Ninlil. Ninurta's epithets include Utaʾulu, "Sun of the South," as well as "conqueror of the Kur" and "upright diadem of Ashnan." He...
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Ninurta (Nin Ur) in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology was the god of Nippur, identified with Ningirsu with whom he may always have been identical. In older transcriptions the name is rendered Ninib and in older commentary he is sometimes seen as a solar...


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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
The God Ninurta in the Mythology and Royal Ideology of Ancient Mesopotamia.(Book review)
07/01/2005: 1,102 words, approx. 4 pages
The God Ninurta in the Mythology and Royal Ideology of Ancient Mesopotamia. By AMAR ANNUS. State Archives of Assyria Studies, vol. 14. Helsinki: THE NEO-ASSYRIAN TEXT CORPUS PROJECT, 2002. Pp. xvi + 202. $57.50 (paper). Anyone familiar with even a smattering of...


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