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Ninhursag

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  1. 1
    The Sumerian earth and mother goddess, one of the seven great deities of Sumer.

    "1963 [Penguin Books], S. H. Hooke, Middle Eastern Mythology, 2004, Dover Publications, page 33, The protagonists are the god Enki, the water-god, and the goddess Ninhursag, the earth-mother. […] The Myth goes on to relate that from the union of Enki and Ninhursag is born Ninsar, or Ninmu, the goddess of plants. Ninhursag′s period of gestation is described as lasting nine days, a day for each month of human gestation."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 (Ninḫursaĝ).

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