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Dumuzid

Dumuzid, Dumuzi, or Tammuz (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣, romanized: Dumuzid; Akkadian: Duʾūzu, Dûzu; Arabic: تمّوز, romanized: Tammuz, Tammūz; Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, romanized: Tammūz; Syriac: ܬܵܡܘܿܙ, romanized: Tāmōz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻, romanized: Dumuzid sipad) and to the Canaanites as Adon (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍; Proto-Hebrew…

Worship, Later worship & Mythology

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Abode
Heaven (for half the year); Kur (for the other half)
Consort
Inanna (later known as Ishtar)
East Semitic
Tammuz
Greek
Adonis
Levantine
Tammuz/Adonis
Parents
Enki and Duttur

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Later worship

As a dying-and-rising god

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Dumuzid

Nodes154
Edges153
Triples171
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012987
Components1

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Dumuzid

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related to Akkadian · 30
Dumuzid → Adapa, Akkadian Epic, An-Enlilda, Anton Moortgat, Anu, Apkallu, Babylonian, Biblical, Dumuzid's, Ea, Enoch, European, Genesis, Gilgamesh, Heaven, In, In Tablet VI, Inanna, Indian, Ishtar
related to Classical antiquity · 30
Dumuzid → Abraham River, According, Adonia, Adonis, Adonis River, Adonis's, Adōnis, Aphrodite, At, Athens, BC, Canaanite, Chalcis, Euphorion, Greek, Hyacinth, In Greece, Inanna, IPA-label-small, Later
related to As a dying-and-rising god · 22
Dumuzid → Adonis, Akkadian, Comments, Dumuzid's, Ezechielem, Ezekiel, Frazer, Inanna's Descent, Ishtar's, Origen, Scottish, Selecta, Since, Sir James George Frazer, Sumerian, Tammuz, Tammuz's, Tammuz's Greek, The, The Golden Bough
related to Association with date palms · 17
Dumuzid → Ama-ušumgal-ana, As Ama-ušumgal-ana, Bible, Damu, Deities, Demons, Dictionary, Dumuzid's, However, In, Lagash, Mesopotamian, See, Sumerian, Tammuz, This, To
related to Exchange with other near east religions · 16
Dumuzid → Adonia, Adonis, Assyrian, Greece, Greek, Heaven, Hebrew Bible, Ishtar, Mari, Queen, Syria, Tammuz, The, These, Underworld, Very
related to God of milk and shepherds · 15
Dumuzid → According, Another Dumuzid, Anthony Green, As Dumuzid, Bad-tibira, Dumuzid's, ETCSL, Fishermen, Inanna, Kuara, Shepherd, Sumer, Sumerian King List, The Assyriologists Jeremy Black, Uruk
related to Plant-growing deity · 13
Dumuzid → Ancient Near Eastern, Babylonians, During, East Semitic, Ekur, In, In Lagash, Ištaran, Nippur, Sumer, Sumerians, Tammuz, This
related to Role in sacred marriage · 11
Dumuzid → According, Akitu, As, BC, In, Inanna, Pirjo Lapinkivi, Samuel Noah Kramer, Sumerian, This, Uruk
related to External links · 2
Dumuzid → ETCSL, Texts
Abode · 1
Dumuzid → Heaven (for half the year); Kur (for the other half)

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inanna tammuz underworld death sumerian adonis also later dumuzid's god geshtinanna inanna's year women associated name demons would cult text

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DumuzidAbodeHeaven (for half the year); Kur (for the other half)1.00infobox
DumuzidConsortInanna (later known as Ishtar)1.00infobox
DumuzidEast SemiticTammuz1.00infobox
DumuzidGreekAdonis1.00infobox
DumuzidLevantineTammuz/Adonis1.00infobox
DumuzidParentsEnki and Duttur1.00infobox
DumuzidSiblingsGeshtinanna (sister), Amashilama (not usually, but in some texts said to be his sister)1.00infobox
Dumuzidis abetter choice for a husband0.90text
lettuceinstance ofwho were the ones responsible for mourning his death.The custom of planting miniature gardens with fast-growing plants0.80text
fennelinstance ofwho were the ones responsible for mourning his death.The custom of planting miniature gardens with fast-growing plants0.80text
which would then be placed out in the hot sun to sprout before withering in the heatinstance ofwho were the ones responsible for mourning his death.The custom of planting miniature gardens with fast-growing plants0.80text
was a well-attested custom in ancient Greece associated with the festival of Adonia in honor of Adonisinstance ofwho were the ones responsible for mourning his death.The custom of planting miniature gardens with fast-growing plants0.80text

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