Ninazu
Mesopotamian underworld god / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ninazu (Sumerian: đ’€đ’Š©đ’Ś†đ’€€đ’‹˘) was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld of Sumerian origin. He was also associated with snakes and vegetation, and with time acquired the character of a warrior god. He was frequently associated with Ereshkigal, either as a son, husband, or simply as a deity belonging to the same category of underworld gods.
Ninazu | |
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God of the underworld, snakes and vegetation | |
Major cult center | Enegi, originally also Eshnunna |
Symbol | snake |
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Consort | Ningirida[1] |
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Eshnunnean equivalent | Tishpak |
His original cult centers were Enegi and Eshnunna, though in the later city he was gradually replaced by a similar god, Tishpak. His cult declined after the Old Babylonian period, though in the city of Ur, where it was introduced from Enegi, he retained a number of worshipers even after the fall of the last Mesopotamian empires.