Nammu

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Nammu is a primordial Sumerian mother goddess associated with the creation of the world and the birth of the gods.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nammu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
primordial deity ⓘ
associatedWith Apsu ⓘ
birth of the gods ⓘ
creation of the world ⓘ
primordial waters ⓘ
category Mesopotamian deities ⓘ
creator goddesses ⓘ
water deities ⓘ
cosmicFunction origin of heaven and earth ⓘ
cosmicStatus primordial mother ⓘ
culture Sumerian religion ⓘ
equatedWith Tiamat ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasAspect cosmic ocean ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
influenced later Mesopotamian goddess concepts ⓘ
languageOfName Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
mentionedIn Mesopotamian mythological texts ⓘ
Sumerian creation myths ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian literature
mythologicalPeriod primeval time ⓘ
parentOf An ⓘ
Enki ⓘ
precededBy no earlier gods ⓘ
role creator deity ⓘ
mother of gods ⓘ
worshippedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Enki → parent → Nammu ⓘ
Enki in Eridu → hasMother → Nammu ⓘ