Ningishzida, with snakes emanating from his shoulders, on a relief of Gudea, c. 2000 BCE
Major cult center
Gishbanda, Lagash
Symbol
Snake, mushussu
Personal information
Parents
Ninazu and Ningirida
Siblings
Amashilama and Labarshilama
Consort
Geshtinanna, Azimua, Ekurritum
Ningishzida (Sumerian: ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐DNIN.GฬIล .ZID.DA, possible meaning "Lord [of the] Good Tree") was a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation, the underworld and sometimes war. He was commonly associated with snakes. Like Dumuzi, he was believed to spend a part of the year in the land of the dead. He also shared many of his functions with his father Ninazu.
In myths he usually appears in an underworld setting, though in the myth of Adapa he is instead described as one of the doorkeepers of the sky god Anu.
Ningishzida (Sumerian: ๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ DNIN.GฬIล .ZID.DA, possible meaning "Lord [of the] Good Tree") was a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation, the underworld...
dies and meets Ningishzida, along with Dumuzid, in the underworld. Gudea, the Sumerian king of the city-state of Lagash, revered Ningishzida as his personal...
though he shared this epithet shared with many deities, including his son Ningishzida, Nergal, Nirah and the primordial deity Enmesharra. Ninazu was also regarded...
imagery of the caduceus is rooted in Mesopotamia with the Sumerian god Ningishzida; his symbol, a staff with two snakes intertwined around it, dates back...
as Ninazu, originally regarded as her husband but later as a son, and Ningishzida. In Sumerian mythology, Ereshkigal was the queen of the underworld. Some...
the god Ninazu is identified as the patron of healing, and his son, Ningishzida, is depicted with a serpent and staff symbol (Bunn 1967:618) Besides...
Muลกแธซuลกลกu, dedicated to Ningishzida (21st century BC short chronology). The caduceus (right) is interpreted as depicting god Ningishzida. Inscription; "To the...
a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Ninazu and mother of Ningishzida. Little is known about her character beyond her relation to these two...
known as Ninazimua, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Ningishzida. Ninazimua is the original spelling of the name of this goddess, attested...
creatures that came to investigate them. In Mesopotamian mythology, Ningishzida is sometimes depicted as a serpent with horns. In other depictions, he...
originally named the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados. Medieval popular Bible Ningishzida Pomme d'Adammo Serpent seed Genesis 2:16โ17 Genesis 3:4โ5 Quran 7:19...
of vegetation is also associated with the travel to the underworld of Ningishzida. Other examples of vegetation deities include: Adonis (Greek) Attis (Greek)...
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Emesh, Sumerian god of vegetation Kishar, goddess representing the earth Ningishzida, a vegetation god Ninhursag, Sumerian mother goddess associated with...
attendant to the Hurrian storm-god Tishpak, as well as, later, Ninazu's son Ningishzida, the Babylonian national god Marduk, the scribal god Nabu, and the Assyrian...
to have existed as a Mesopotamian snake-god, similar or identical to Ningishzida, a god who served as mediator between humans and the divine, especially...
identified as her, with the mythical beast serving as a representation of Ningishzida, her husband in the local tradition. The mushussu was portrayed looking...
Angeles County Museum of Art (US) Statue of Gudea I, dedicated to the god Ningishzida; 2120ย BC (the Neo-Sumerian period); height: 46ย cm (20ย in), width: 33ย cm...
Ereshkigal Erra (god) Ugur (Hurrian religion; also a sukkal of Nergal) Ninazu Ningishzida Allani Enmesharra, a primordial deity described as "lord of the underworld"...
Telloh 1924 Ningishzida New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 59.2 Q diorite 0.33m sitting clandestine excavations, Telloh 1924 Ningishzida body in Baghdad...
a god of the underworld who could also be portrayed as a war deity Ningishzida, a god of the underworld who like his father Ninazu could be portrayed...
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