Definition of Ningirsu

1. Noun. Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture.

Geographical relationships: Babylon
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ningirsu

Nilotic language
Nilphamari District
Nilsson
Nimbari
Nimitz
Nimravus
Nimrod
Nimrods
Nimzo-Indian
Nina
Nina Ross
Nina from Carolina
Nineveh
Ningal
Ningbo
Ningirsu (current term)
Ningishzida
Ningxia
Ninhursag
Ninib
Ninigi
Ninigino-Mikoto
Ninkharsag
Ninkhursag
Ninlil
Ninotsminda
Nintendinitis
Nintendo
Nintendo thumb
Nintendocore

Literary usage of Ningirsu

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

1. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1915)
"Then in the middle of the night the god Ningirsu himself appeared in a dream, and bade him build his temple. The dream, like many another, was obscure to ..."

2. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"The temple of Ningirsu a Lagash, known as E-ninnu ("house of fifty"), wa filled with votive offerings of all kinds dedicated bj rulers or high officials to ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... consisting of one karu of grain for Nina and one karu for Ningirsu, ... by digging different canals, which he consecrated to his god Ningirsu : the ..."

4. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"To the behests of Nina and Ningirsu I was heedful. No oppression did the rich man commit; violence the mighty man did not commit. The house which had no son ..."

5. Miscellaneous Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian Collection by Albert Tobias Clay (1915)
"IV. mu-bi kur-ra the king who loves him, for Ningirsu, from the great river, mu-bi-kur-ra e-na-ta-ni-e it was caused to go. n ar ú-aA memorial stone ..."

6. Ancient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline Mary Plunket (1903)
"Ningirsu and "his beloved consort," the goddess Bau, received in Lagash the highest honours. On one of the statues of Gudea, " the priestly governor of La- ..."

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