Dumuzi

Mesopotamian · deity · mythic · deity

Shepherd god of fertility, consort of Inanna; the dying-rising god.

Domains

shepherds flocks
fertility vegetation

Powers

Dying and rising to mark the cycle of the seasons

Epithets

sipa
Tammuz

Relations

lover: Inanna
sibling: Geshtinanna

Sources

Inana's Descent to the Nether World

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