Ninhursag

Mesopotamian · deity · primordial · deity

Mother-goddess of earth and birth; co-creator of mankind.

Domains

earth mountains
birth creation

Powers

Birthing humankind by pinching off and shaping clay
Curing Enki's ailing body parts by birthing healer gods

Epithets

bēlet ilī
Nintu
Ninmaḫ
Nintur
Bēlet-ilī

Relations

spouse: Enki

Sources

Atra-ḫasīs, Tablet I

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