Nanna

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Sumerian deity moon god

Nanna is the Sumerian moon god, a major deity associated with wisdom, fertility, and the measurement of time.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Nanna canonical 58
Nanna (Sin) 2
Nanna as a moon god 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian deity ⓘ
moon god ⓘ
associatedWith calendrical regulation ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
divination ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
measurement of time ⓘ
night ⓘ
omens ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
child Inanna ⓘ
Ishkur ⓘ
Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna

Shamash ⓘ
Utu ⓘ
cultCenterPeriod Third Dynasty of Ur ⓘ
linked to: Third Dynasty of Ur period
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
Sumerian religion ⓘ
domain Moon ⓘ
epithet He whose heart is great ⓘ
Lord of the crescent ⓘ
equivalent Sin ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
languageOfName Sumerian ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Enlil and Ninlil ⓘ
nameVariant Nannar ⓘ
linked to: Nanna

Suen ⓘ
parent Enlil ⓘ
Ninlil ⓘ
regionOfWorship Akkad ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sumer ⓘ
role patron of diviners ⓘ
patron of herdsmen ⓘ
regulator of months ⓘ
regulator of seasons ⓘ
spouse Ningal ⓘ
linked to: Ninhursag
symbol bull ⓘ
crescent moon ⓘ
temple E-kishnugal ⓘ
templeLocation Ur ⓘ
title Lord of Ur ⓘ
Lord of Wisdom ⓘ
worshipCenter Harran ⓘ
Ur ⓘ
worshipPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (70)

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

Sumer → pantheonIncludes → Nanna ⓘ
Inanna → parent → Nanna ⓘ
Inanna → parent → Ningal ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Ur → dedicatedToDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Ur → patronDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Code of Ur-Nammu → claimsDivineAuthorityFrom → Nanna ⓘ
Enlil → child → Nanna ⓘ
Ur of the Chaldeans → majorDeityWorshipped → Nanna ⓘ
Hadramites → mainDeity → Sin (moon god) ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Sin → alsoKnownAs → Nanna ⓘ
Sin → alsoKnownAs → Nanna-Suen ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Sin → equivalent → Sumerian god Nanna ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Ereshkigal → sibling → Nanna ⓘ
Sumerian literature → primaryDeitiesFeatured → Nanna ⓘ
Sumerian religion → hasDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Sumerian religion → majorDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Sumerian religion → associatedWithCity → Nanna in Ur ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Utu → parents → Nanna ⓘ
Nanna → nameVariant → Nannar ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Ur-Nammu → patronDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Ur III dynasty → mainDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Ninlil → parentOf → Nanna ⓘ
Ninlil → associatedDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Enlil and Ninlil → explainsOriginOf → Suen (Nanna), the moon god ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Enlil and Ninlil → relatedDeity → Suen (Nanna) ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Ziggurat of Ur → dedicatedTo → Nanna ⓘ
Amar-Sin → patronDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Ur → majorDeity → Nanna ⓘ
subject linked to: World Heritage Site (Ur)
Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Shulgi of Ur → patronDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Sîn → equivalent → Nanna ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Larsa → mainDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Rim-Sin I → patronDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Ur (traditional birthplace) → majorDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Suen → nameVariant → Nanna ⓘ
Suen → equivalent → Nanna ⓘ
E-hulhul → worshippedDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Lord of the Month → epithetOf → Nanna ⓘ
Sin → alsoKnownAs → Nanna ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord of the Month
Lord of the Month → associatedWithDeity → Nanna ⓘ
Babbar → hasParent → Nanna ⓘ
Lord of Ur → refersTo → Nanna ⓘ
Lord of Ur → honorificFor → Nanna ⓘ
Lord of the crescent → refersTo → Nanna ⓘ
Lord of the crescent → appliedTo → Nanna ⓘ
Lord of the crescent → describes → Nanna as a moon god ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
Lord of the crescent → epithetOf → Nanna (Sin) ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
E-kishnugal → dedicatedTo → Nanna ⓘ
E-kishnugal → majorDeity → Nanna ⓘ
E-kishnugal → namedAfter → Nanna ⓘ