List of Mesopotamian deities
Other major deities

List of Mesopotamian deities

Section Title: Other major deities
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Name	Image	Major cult centers	Details

Ashur	A Neo-Assyrian "feather robed archer" figure, symbolizing Ashur	Assur	Ashur is the national god of the Assyrians, who was syncretized with Enlil. He may have originally been a local deity associated with the city of Assur, but, with the growth of the Assyrian Empire, his cult was introduced to southern Mesopotamia.

Dagan Dagon	Mari, Ebla, and Ugarit	Dagan is a West Semitic god of grain who came to be worshipped across the entire Near East, including in Mesopotamia.

Dumuzid Tammuz	Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by the galla demons	Bad-tibira and Kuara	Dumuzid, later known by the corrupted form Tammuz, is the ancient Mesopotamian god of shepherds and the primary consort of the goddess Inanna.

Ereshkigal	The "Burney Relief," which is believed to represent either Ereshkigal or her younger sister Ishtar (c. 19th or 18th century BC)	Kutha	Ereshkigal is the queen of the Mesopotamian Underworld. She lived in palace known as Ganzir.

Geshtinanna	Nippur, Isin, and Uruk	Geshtinanna is a rural agricultural goddess sometimes associated with dream interpretation. She is the sister of Dumuzid, the god of shepherds.

Gilgamesh	Possible representation of Gilgamesh as Master of Animals, grasping a lion in his left arm and snake in his right hand, in an Assyrian palace relief, from Dur-Sharrukin, now held in the Louvre	Uruk and a small village near Ur	Most historians generally agree that Gilgamesh was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, who probably ruled sometime during the early part of the Early Dynastic Period (c.

Gula Nintinugga, Ninkarrak, Meme, Bau, Ninisina	-	E-gal-mah temple in Isin and other temples in Nippur, Borsippa, and Assur	Gula, also known as Nintinugga, Ninkarrak, Meme, Bau, and Ninisina, is the Mesopotamian goddess of healing and the divine patroness of doctors and medicine-workers.

Ishkur Adad	Assyrian soldiers of Ashurbanipal carrying a statue of Adad	Karkara and Assur	Ishkur, later known as Adad, is the Mesopotamian god of storms and rain. He was sometimes syncretized with the Hurrian god Teshub and the Kassite god Buriash.

Ištaran	Der	Ištaran is a local god of the Sumerian city-state of Der, which was located east of the Tigris river on the border between Mesopotamia and Elam.

Nanshe	Relief of Nanshe	Lagash	Nanshe is a local goddess associated with the city of Lagash. She is the daughter of Enki and the sister of Ningirsu.

Ninazu	Eshnunna (later replaced by the Hurrian storm god Tishpak)	Ninazu is the son of Ereshkigal and the father of Ningishzida. He is closely associated with the Underworld.

Ningal Nikkal	Ur and Harran	Ningal, later known by the corrupted form Nikkal, was the wife of Nanna-Suen, the god of the moon, and the mother of Utu, the god of the sun.

Ningishzida	The "libation vase of Gudea" dedicated to Ningishzida, who is shown in the form of a serpent	Lagash	Ningishzida is a god who normally lives in the Underworld. He is the son of Ninazu and his name may be etymologically derived from a phrase meaning "Lord of the Good Tree".

Ninhursag Damgalnuna, Ninmah	Akkadian cylinder seal impression depicting a vegetation goddess, possibly Ninhursag, sitting on a throne surrounded by worshippers (circa 2350-2150 BC)	E-Mah temple in Adab	Ninhursag, also known as Damgalnuna and Ninmah, is the Sumerian mother goddess, who was associated with agricultural fertility. Many of the gods are her offspring, and many mortal rulers claimed her as their mother as well.

Ninlil	Nippur and Assur	Ninlil was the wife of Enlil, the ruler of the gods. She was probably an artificially created deity, invented as a female equivalent to Enlil.

Ninshubur	Ninshubur depicted in a cylinder seal impression (c. 2334-2154 BC)	Worshipped with Inanna as her sukkal	Ninshubur is the sukkal, or personal attendant, to the goddess Inanna. She is portrayed as "unshakably loyal" in her devotion to her mistress.

Nisaba	Lagash, Umma, and later Eresh	Nisaba, also known as Nanibgal, was originally a goddess of grain and agriculture, but, starting in the Early Dynastic Period, she developed into a goddess of writing, accounting, and scribal knowledge.

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Ningishzida is a Mesopotamian deity in the underworld.

final_sentence: Ningishzida is a Mesopotamian deity in the underworld.