Definition of Nammu

1. Noun. Goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.

Geographical relationships: Sumer
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Definition of Nammu

1. Proper noun. (context: Sumerian mythology) The goddess of the primeval sea that gave rise to heaven and earth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nammu

Nalchik
Nalfon
Nalgene bottle
Nalline
Nam
Nama
Namaka
Namalwa cell
Nambissan
Namboothiri
Namib Desert
Namibia
Namibian
Namibian Sign Language
Namibians
Nammu (current term)
Namoi
Namoi River
Nampa
Namtar
Namtaru
Namur
Nan-chang
Nan-ning
Nan Ling
Nan River
Nana
Nanaimo
Nanaimo bar
Nanak

Literary usage of Nammu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gleanings from Japan by Walter G. Dickson (1889)
"The Tendai sect say in the morning, " Nammu Amida" ; in the evening, ... The Ikko and Jodo, " Nammu Amida." The Shugen sect teaches that salvation is to be ..."

2. The Expository Times by James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings (1889)
"... king of Ur, and Ur-Nammu (?) or Ur-Id (?), king of Ur, are three different persons; and the identification of bohu with Bau most unlikely. ..."

3. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1897)
"His couch is the bed of Nammu. 6. To the glorious house, which is like a forest, its shade is set—no man enters its midst. 7. In its interior is the sun-god ..."

4. Biblia by Charles Henry Stanley Davis (1904)
"Its seat is the (central) point of the earth, Its dwelling is the couch of Nammu. To the glorious house, which is like a forest its shadow extend* No man ..."

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