Ninazu
Ninazu was in the Sumerian religion of the city god of Eshnunna and Enegi , underworld God, God protection and the war, but also the god of healing. In his function as underworld god he was the son of Ereschkigal and Nergal , as a warrior and protector god he was the son of Enlil and Ninlil . Frans Wiggermann sees him as one of the original snake gods who were accepted into the Sumerian pantheon. In the epic of creation Ninazu and Ninmadu , Ninazu brings the grain to the people.
In the UrIII period , Ninazu is mentioned with Nanna and Enki as the god of healing in the Schullgi hymn. Here he is also considered the father of Ningiszida.
literature
- Franciscus-Antonius-Maria Wiggermann: mušḫuššu. In: Dietz-Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie and Near Eastern Archeology . Vol. 8: Meek rental. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1997, ISBN 3-11-014809-9 , pp. 455–462, here pp. 457–458.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Leick, Gwendolyn: A dictionary of ancient Near Eastern mythology . Routledge, London 1991, ISBN 978-0-415-19811-0 .
- ^ F. Wiggermann: Transtigridian Snake Gods in: Finkel, Irving; Sumerian gods and their representations . STYX Publications, Groningen 1997, ISBN 90-5693-005-2 .
- ↑ Klein, J. (1981) Three Šulgi Hymns (Ramat-Gan) Komoroczy, G. (1964) 'On the Interpretation of the Old Babylonian Epics Adapa and Etana', New Contributions to the History of the Old World I Kottsieper, I. (1997) ' El-Ferner or near God ', in Albertz, R. and Otto, S. (eds) Religion and Society. Studies on their interrelationship in the cultures of the ancient Near East, Vol. I (Münster), 156f