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Ninazu
| Ninazu | |
|---|---|
God of the underworld, snakes and vegetation | |
| Major cult center | Enegi, originally also Eshnunna |
| Symbol | snake |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents |
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| Consort | Ningirida[1] |
| Children |
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| Equivalents | |
| Eshnunnean | Tishpak |
Ninazu (Sumerian: 𒀭𒎏𒀀𒋢; [DNIN.A.SU] "lord healer"[2]) was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld. He was also associated with snakes and vegetation, and with time acquired the character of a warrior god. He was frequently associated with Ereshkigal, either as a son, husband, or simply a member the same category of underworld deities.
His original cult centers were Enegi and Eshnunna, though in the later city he was gradually replaced by a similar god, Tishpak. His cult declined after the Old Babylonian period, though in the city of Ur, where it was introduced from Enegi, he retained a number of worshipers even after the fall of the last Mesopotamian empires, in the Achaemenid period.
- ^ Wiggermann 1998a, p. 368.
- ^ Wiggermann 1998, pp. 329–330.
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