Geštinanna
Geštinanna (also Geschtianna, Gestianna, Ninedena ; Sumerian d GEŠTIN.AN.NA, also d MU.TIN.AN.NA, goddess of the heavenly grapevines ; in another form also AMA. D GEŠTIN as mother of the grapevine ) was a Sumerian goddess. After her merger with Nin-edena, she was also known as the mistress of the steppe and mother of the sheep in shepherd function. In addition, it was considered as Traumdeuterin and daughter of d ZE.ER.TUR ( TUR.DU ). Their main place of worship was Uruk.
In the Akkadian- Babylonian tradition, Geštinanna, like Nin-edena, assumed the rank of an underworld goddess. She was the sister of Dumuzi and, rarely, the wife of Ningišzida . Usually she was considered unmarried.
Ngeshtin-ana corresponded with the Akkadians of Belet-Seri , the Babylonians Belet-ekallim . Bēlet-ṣēri was the wife of Amurru . In its Akkadian and Babylonian form , she carried the functional title Nin-Égal (mistress of the temples).
literature
- Helmut Freydank among others: Lexicon Alter Orient. Egypt, India, China, the Middle East. License issue. VMA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-928127-40-3 .
- Brigitte Groneberg : The gods of the Mesopotamia. Cults, myths, epics. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7608-2306-8 .