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Ninlil

Ninlil (𒀭𒎏𒆤 DNIN.LÍL; meaning uncertain) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Enlil. She shared many of his functions, especially the responsibility for declaring destinies, and like him was regarded as a senior deity and head of the pantheon. She is also well attested as the mother of his children, such as the underworld god Nergal, the…

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Assyrian
Mullissu and possibly Šerua
Children
Nergal, Nanna, Ninurta (sometimes, otherwise addressed as the son of Ninhursag) · Pabilsag (through identification with Nintur) · Ninazu (possibly due to analogies with Nergal) · Enbilulu (in the myth Enlil and Ninlil) · Ishum (in a single source, due to confusion between Sud and Sudaĝ)
Consort
Enlil
Major cult center
Nippur, Tummal, Ḫursaĝkalamma (as Ninlil) · Shuruppak (as Sud)
Other names
Sud, Kutušar, Mullilu
Parents
Nisaba and Ḫaya

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Ninlil

Nodes171
Edges170
Triples325
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
Components1

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related to Worship · 41
Ninlil → Abzu-Ninlil, Apsu, Babylon, Burnaburiash, Damiq-ilishu, E-Tummal, Early Dynastic Period, Eitimaku, Ekur, Ekurigigal, Emi-Tummal, Enlil, Ennail, Eunuzu, Ešutumkiagga, Further, In, Iraq, Isin, It
related to Enlil and Sud · 32
Ninlil → After Enlil, Aruru, Assyrian, Copies, Due, Enlil, Enlil's, Eresh, For, He, However, In, It, Jeremiah Peterson, Jeremy Black, Marriage, Middle-Babylonian, Miguel Civil, Nineveh, Nintur
related to Enlil and Ninlil · 27
Ninlil → According, After, Alhena Gadotti, Enbilulu, Enlil, Enlil's, For, In, It, Lambert, Mesopotamian, Most, Nanna, Nergal, Ninazu, Ninlil's, Ninurta, Nippur, Nunbaršegunu, Nuska Enlil
related to Family · 27
Ninlil → Abu Salabikh, An, Anum, As, As Ninlil's, Early Dynastic Period, En-suhgir-ana, Enlil, Enlilalša, Enmerkar, Eresh, Haya, However, In Enlil, Isin, It, Mari, Ninlil's, Nippur, Nisaba
related to Name · 26
Ninlil → Akkadian, Aramaic, BCE, Ctesias, Emesal, Enlil's, From, GAŠAN, Greek, Herodotus, It, KID, LÍL, Mandaic, Mullil, Mullilu, Mullissu, Mylitta, Neo-Assyrian, Ninlil's
related to Character · 25
Ninlil → Another, As, Bau, Due, Electronic Text Corpus, Enlil, Enlil's, ETCSL, For, In, Inanna's, It, Jeremiah Peterson, Kings, Like, Nergal, Ninisina, Nintur, Nippur, Nuska
related to Ninlil and Shalash · 25
Ninlil → An, Anum, As, Ašte Kumurbineve, Dagan, Emar, Enlil, Especially, Hurrian, It, Kumarbi, Mari, Mesopotamian, Mesopotamian Ninlil, Ninhursag, Ninlil's, Shala, Shalash, Shalash's, She
related to Assyrian reception · 20
Ninlil → Aramaic, Arbela, Ashur, Ashur's, Ashurbanipal, Assur, Assyrian, At, Enlil, From, Ishtar, It, Mullissu, Mullissu's, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh, Parthian, Similar, The, Tiglath-Pileser
related to Court · 19
Ninlil → An, APIN, Bizilla, Christopher Metcalf, Her, In, MUL, Nanaya, Neo-Babylonian Sippar, Ningidru, Ninlil's, Ninmena, Ninĝešduru, Ninĝidru, PA, Sargonic, She, Shuruppak, Sud
related to Other myths · 19
Ninlil → Bau, George, Girra, Gula/Meme, He, Inanna, Irigal, Ishum, Ishum's, It, Manfred Krebernik, Nanna-Suen's Journey, Ninirigal, Nippur, Old Babylonian, Sud, Sudaĝ, This, Uruk

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enlil also sud goddess name god temple could attested nippur wife shuruppak nisaba mother period list regarded known ur myth

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NinlilAssyrianMullissu and possibly Šerua1.00infobox
NinlilChildrenNergal, Nanna, Ninurta (sometimes, otherwise addressed as the son of Ninhursag)1.00infobox
NinlilChildrenPabilsag (through identification with Nintur)1.00infobox
NinlilChildrenNinazu (possibly due to analogies with Nergal)1.00infobox
NinlilChildrenEnbilulu (in the myth Enlil and Ninlil)1.00infobox
NinlilChildrenIshum (in a single source, due to confusion between Sud and Sudaĝ)1.00infobox
NinlilConsortEnlil1.00infobox
NinlilMajor cult centerNippur, Tummal, Ḫursaĝkalamma (as Ninlil)1.00infobox
NinlilMajor cult centerShuruppak (as Sud)1.00infobox
NinlilOther namesSud, Kutušar, Mullilu1.00infobox
NinlilParentsNisaba and Ḫaya1.00infobox
NinlilSyrianShalash1.00infobox
NinlilUgariticAthirat1.00infobox
Ninlilis aname Sud received after marrying Enlil0.90text

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