Nuska

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Nuska is a Mesopotamian god of fire and light, often serving as a divine vizier and attendant to major deities in the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nuska canonical 4
Nusku 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith Enlil ⓘ
fire ⓘ
fire rituals ⓘ
lamps ⓘ
light ⓘ
protection ⓘ
purification ⓘ
cosmicRole bearer of the gods’ messages ⓘ
mediator of divine commands ⓘ
cultCenter Harran ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
domain domestic fire ⓘ
night light ⓘ
epithet faithful vizier ⓘ
lord of the night light ⓘ
familyRelation attendant of Sin ⓘ
servant of Enlil ⓘ
function intermediary between gods and humans ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
languageOfName Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
mentionedIn Akkadian prayers ⓘ
Mesopotamian incantation texts ⓘ
pantheon Akkadian pantheon ⓘ
Sumerian pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian religion
ritualRole invoked in incantations ⓘ
invoked in protective rituals ⓘ
role attendant deity ⓘ
divine vizier ⓘ
servedAs vizier of Enlil ⓘ
vizier of major gods ⓘ
symbol flame ⓘ
lamp ⓘ
typeOfFireDeity domestic and ritual fire god ⓘ
worshipPeriod Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
Old Babylonian period ⓘ
worshipRegion Akkad ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Sumer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anu → parentOf → Nusku ⓘ
linked to: Nuska
Ekur → associatedDeity → Nuska ⓘ
Ninlil → parentOf → Nuska ⓘ
Anu → parentOf → Nusku ⓘ
subject linked to: sky god Anu
linked to: Nuska
Anu → parentOf → Nusku ⓘ
subject linked to: Akkadian god Anu
linked to: Nuska