Nintu

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Nintu is a Mesopotamian mother goddess associated with childbirth, creation, and the formation of humankind.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nintu canonical 5
Ninti 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess ⓘ
fertility deity ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Belet-ili ⓘ
Mami ⓘ
Ninmah ⓘ
linked to: Ninhursag

Nintud ⓘ
Nintur ⓘ
appearsIn Atrahasis myth ⓘ
linked to: Atra-Hasis Epic

Enki and Ninmah ⓘ
Mesopotamian creation myths ⓘ
associatedDeity Anu ⓘ
Enki ⓘ
Enlil ⓘ
other mother goddesses of Mesopotamia ⓘ
associatedWith childbirth ⓘ
creation ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
formation of humankind ⓘ
midwifery ⓘ
category Mesopotamian mother goddesses ⓘ
creator deities ⓘ
fertility goddesses ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
divineDomain gestation ⓘ
human reproduction ⓘ
labor and delivery ⓘ
epithet birth goddess ⓘ
lady who gives birth ⓘ
functionInMyth decrees human destinies at birth ⓘ
mixes clay with divine blood to create humans ⓘ
shapes human bodies ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageOfName Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
mythologicalPeriod Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia ⓘ
Old Babylonian period ⓘ
nameComponent Nin (lady) ⓘ
tu (birth) ⓘ
nameMeaning lady of birth ⓘ
role creator of humans ⓘ
mother of gods ⓘ
title lady of birth ⓘ
mistress of creation ⓘ
worshipPractice honored in rituals concerning pregnancy ⓘ
invoked in prayers for safe childbirth ⓘ
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.

Ninhursag → alsoKnownAs → Nintu ⓘ
Enki and Ninhursag → associatedDeity → Ninti ⓘ
linked to: Nintu
Enki and Ninhursag → character → Ninti ⓘ
linked to: Nintu
Mami → identifiedWith → Nintu ⓘ
Mami → oftenSyncretizedWith → Nintu ⓘ
Ninmena → linkedDeity → Nintu ⓘ