Ninhursag

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

Children

• Ninti

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 akkadian · belet ili · cultLady of the gods; the great mother-goddess and co-creator of mankindAtrahasis (Mami/Belet-ili forms man); god-lists (primary)
• Nintu akkadian · Nintu · cultLady of birth; the divine midwife who fashions newbornsAtrahasis I; Enki and Ninhursag (primary)
• Ninmaḫ akkadian · Ninmah · cultExalted Lady; the august mother-goddess of the earthEnki and Ninmah (the creation of mankind) (primary)
• Nintur Sumerian · Nintur · cultLady of birth / the birth-hutOracc AMGG, 'Mother Goddess (Ninmah, Nintud/r, Belet-ili)' (secondary)
• Bēlet-ilī Akkadian · Belet-ili · cultLady of the godsOracc AMGG, 'Mother Goddess (Ninmah, Nintud/r, Belet-ili)' (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: EnkiMother-goddess of earth and birth; consort of Enki in the Dilmun cycle and co-creator of mankind with him.Enki and Ninhursag (ETCSL 1.1.1), lines 1-30 (Enki and the mother-goddess Ninhursag in Dilmun) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Atra-ḫasīs, Tablet I (primary)