Ninazu

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Ninazu is a Mesopotamian god associated primarily with the underworld and healing, often linked to serpents and chthonic powers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nin-azu 1
Ninazu canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god ⓘ
healing deity ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
associatedWith chthonic powers ⓘ
healing ⓘ
serpents ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
domain diseases ⓘ
healing of diseases ⓘ
land of the dead ⓘ
epithet lord of Eshnunna ⓘ
lord of the underworld ⓘ
equatedWith Nergal ⓘ
Tishpak ⓘ
familyRelation father of Ningishzida ⓘ
husband of Ningirida ⓘ
son of Enlil ⓘ
son of Gula ⓘ
son of Ninlil ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasAspect chthonic ⓘ
serpentine ⓘ
hasCultCenter Enagi ⓘ
Eshnunna ⓘ
hasTemple E-kur-mah in Eshnunna ⓘ
languageOfName Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
mentionedIn Akkadian god lists ⓘ
Sumerian god lists ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian religion
nameMeaning lord healer ⓘ
nameVariant Nin-azu ⓘ
linked to: Ninazu
role healer ⓘ
underworld judge ⓘ
symbol snake ⓘ
staff entwined with serpents ⓘ
typeOfHealing magical healing ⓘ
ritual healing ⓘ
worshipedBy Akkadians ⓘ
Babylonians ⓘ
Sumerians ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
worshipedIn Akkad ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
worshipPeriod Early Dynastic period ⓘ
Old Babylonian period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ninazu → nameVariant → Nin-azu ⓘ
linked to: Ninazu