Mami

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Mami is a Mesopotamian mother goddess associated with creation and childbirth, often identified with the deity Ninhursag.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mami canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ
fertility goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
appearsIn Atra-Hasis myth ⓘ
linked to: Atra-Hasis Epic
associatedWith childbirth ⓘ
creation ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
collaboratesWith Igigi gods ⓘ
createsUsing clay ⓘ
divine blood ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
domain earth ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
epithet birth goddess ⓘ
mistress of the gods ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
equatedWith Belet-ili in Akkadian texts ⓘ
Ninhursag in later tradition ⓘ
function overseeing pregnancy ⓘ
protecting mothers and infants ⓘ
shaping human beings from clay ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
identifiedWith Belet-ili ⓘ
Ninhursag ⓘ
Nintu ⓘ
languageOfName Akkadian ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Akkadian mythology ⓘ
Sumerian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian religion
oftenSyncretizedWith Belet-ili ⓘ
Ninhursag ⓘ
Nintu ⓘ
pantheon Mesopotamian pantheon ⓘ
relatedConcept birth house ⓘ
divine midwifery ⓘ
role creator of humans ⓘ
mother of humanity ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence human creation ⓘ
reproduction ⓘ
status major goddess ⓘ
typeOfDeity earth and fertility deity ⓘ
worshipPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
worshipRegion Southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ninhursag → alsoKnownAs → Mami ⓘ
Nintu → alsoKnownAs → Mami ⓘ