Ninazu

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Ninazu is a Mesopotamian god associated primarily with the underworld and healing, often linked to serpents and chthonic powers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nin-azu 1
Ninazu canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god
healing deity
underworld deity
associatedWith chthonic powers
healing
serpents
underworld
culture Mesopotamian religion
domain diseases
healing of diseases
land of the dead
epithet lord of Eshnunna
lord of the underworld
equatedWith Nergal
Tishpak
familyRelation father of Ningishzida
husband of Ningirida
son of Enlil
son of Gula
son of Ninlil
gender male
hasAspect chthonic
serpentine
hasCultCenter Enagi
Eshnunna
hasTemple E-kur-mah in Eshnunna
languageOfName Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
mentionedIn Akkadian god lists
Sumerian god lists
linked to: Sumerian religion
nameMeaning lord healer
nameVariant Nin-azu
linked to: Ninazu
role healer
underworld judge
symbol snake
staff entwined with serpents
typeOfHealing magical healing
ritual healing
worshipedBy Akkadians
Babylonians
Sumerians
linked to: Sumer
worshipedIn Akkad
Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia
Sumer
worshipPeriod Early Dynastic period
Old Babylonian period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ninazu nameVariant Nin-azu
linked to: Ninazu