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Definition of Ninkharsag
1. Noun. The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
Geographical relationships: Sumer
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninkharsag
Literary usage of Ninkharsag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archæology and the Bible by George Aaron Barton (1916)
"ninkharsag, jealous of him, has denied immortality to man. Enlil explains to her
that she need not ... ninkharsag in her temple granted his life to him: 24. ..."
2. Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions: The Haskell Lectures, Delivered at Oberlin by Morris Jastrow (1914)
"The centre of worship of ninkharsag appears to have been the ancient city of Adab,1
... ninkharsag, however, is present when the gods decide to bring on the ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Accordingly, he shows his gratitude by erecting sanctuaries for Enlil, ninkharsag,
Ningirsu, and Utu, and by restoring old buildings, which had been erected ..."
4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Accordingly, he shows his gratitude by erecting sanctuaries for Enlil, ninkharsag,
Ningirsu, and Utu, and by restoring old buildings, which had been erected ..."
5. A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, Leonard William King (1908)
"... inscribed with the name and title of Galu-Babbar, an early viceroy of the city
of Umma, recording the dedication of a temple to the goddess ninkharsag. ..."
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