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Ninkasi

Ninkasi was the Mesopotamian goddess of beer and brewing. It is possible that in the first millennium BC she was known under the variant name Kurunnītu, derived from a term referring to a type of high quality beer. She was associated with both positive and negative consequences of the consumption of beer. In god lists, such as the An = Anum list and the…

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Children
Meḫuš, Mekù, Ememete, Kitušgirizal, Nušiligga, possibly Ninmada
Major cult center
Nippur
Other names
dKAŠ.DIN.NAM (Kurunnītu?)
Parents
Enki and Ninti
Siblings
Siraš
Symbol
possibly a cup

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Ninkasi

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Edges110
Triples135
Avg. degree1.98
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Ninkasi

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related to Worship · 29
Ninkasi → According, Andrew, Assyrian, Babylonia, Canonical Temple List, E-ušumgalanna, Early Dynastic, Egiparku, Eridu, George, Hymn, In, It, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian Empire, Ningal, Nippur, She, Shuruppak
related to Associations with other deities · 25
Ninkasi → According, Akkadian, An, Anum, Assur, Enki, Hymn, In, It, Litke, Lugalbanda Ninkasi, Manfred Krebernik, Mesopotamian, Neo-Assyrian, Ninhursag, Ninkasi's, Ninti, Nippur, Old Babylonian, Patindu
related to Name · 21
Ninkasi → According, Akkadian, Assyriologie, Beaulieu, DIN, In, It, KAŠ, Kurunnam, Kurunnītu, Like, Mesopotamian, NAM, Ninkasi's, NU, Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Reallexikon, Sumerian, The, The Sumerian
related to Hymn to Ninkasi · 14
Ninkasi → Adelheid Otto, Assyriologist Walther Sallaberger, Due, Even, However, In, It, Martin Zarnkow, Mesopotamia, Miguel Civil, Nippur, Old Babylonian, Sallaberger, Three
related to Other texts · 11
Ninkasi → Abu Salabikh, According, Anzud Bird, Anzû's, He, In, Jeremy Black, Lugalbanda, Mountain Cave, Ninšar, She
related to External links · 9
Ninkasi → Anzud Bird, Electronic Text Corpus, ETCSL, ETCSLEnki, ETCSLLugalbanda, Hymn, Mountain Cave, Ninhursag, Sumerian LiteratureLugalbanda
related to Modern relevance · 9
Ninkasi → As, Carolyn, Eugene, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Ninkasi Brewing Company, Oregon, Palomar Observatory, Shoemaker, The
related to Character · 4
Ninkasi → Jeremy Black, Manfred Krebernik, The, While
Children · 1
Ninkasi → Meḫuš, Mekù, Ememete, Kitušgirizal, Nušiligga, possibly Ninmada
Major cult center · 1
Ninkasi → Nippur

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beer also deities goddess known name attested deity hymn siraš according associated list appears possible lugalbanda literature names kurunnītu likely

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NinkasiChildrenMeḫuš, Mekù, Ememete, Kitušgirizal, Nušiligga, possibly Ninmada1.00infobox
NinkasiMajor cult centerNippur1.00infobox
NinkasiOther namesdKAŠ.DIN.NAM (Kurunnītu?)1.00infobox
NinkasiParentsEnki and Ninti1.00infobox
NinkasiSiblingsSiraš1.00infobox
NinkasiSymbolpossibly a cup1.00infobox
Ninimmainstance ofalongside deities0.80text
Ninmadainstance ofalongside deities0.80text
gaming boardsinstance ofshe might be among the deities shown in banquet scenes on items0.80text
fragments of musical instrumentsinstance ofshe might be among the deities shown in banquet scenes on items0.80text
his scribe Ninimmainstance ofand in this role appears in lists of courtiers of Enlil alongside deities0.80text
his butcher Ninšarinstance ofand in this role appears in lists of courtiers of Enlil alongside deities0.80text

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