Nungal

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Nungal is a Mesopotamian goddess associated with prisons, justice, and the protection and rehabilitation of offenders.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nungal canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith divine punishment ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
justice ⓘ
law ⓘ
mercy ⓘ
ordeals ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
protection of offenders ⓘ
rehabilitation of offenders ⓘ
consortOf Birtum ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
epithet Goddess of the Prison ⓘ
linked to: Lady of the Prison

Lady of the Prison ⓘ
equatedWith Manungal ⓘ
Ninkullu (in some sources) ⓘ
linked to: Ninkurra
function to confine criminals ⓘ
to purify offenders ⓘ
to return rehabilitated offenders to society ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hadTempleIn Babylon ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Sippar ⓘ
languageOfName Sumerian ⓘ
mythologicalDomain underworld ⓘ
nameMeaning Great Princess (commonly interpreted) ⓘ
parent Anu ⓘ
Ereshkigal ⓘ
role judge of human deeds ⓘ
protector of the wrongfully accused ⓘ
punisher of the guilty ⓘ
restorer of the repentant ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence royal prisons ⓘ
underworld prisons ⓘ
spouse Birtum ⓘ
textualSource Hymn to Nungal ⓘ
Mesopotamian god lists ⓘ
Sumerian literary hymns ⓘ
veneratedBy Akkadians ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Babylonians ⓘ
Sumerians ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
worshipedIn Akkad ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Sumer ⓘ

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

Ereshkigal → offspring → Nungal ⓘ