Lady of the Wild Cows

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Lady of the Wild Cows is an epithet of the Mesopotamian goddess Ninsun, revered as a wise divine mother figure associated with cattle, fertility, and the hero Gilgamesh.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lady of the Wild Cows canonical 3

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
appliedToDeity Ninsun ⓘ
associatedWith Gilgamesh ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
wild cattle ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
connotation nurturing ⓘ
pastoral abundance ⓘ
protective ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian ⓘ
epithetOf Ninsun ⓘ
honorificFor divine mother figure ⓘ
language Sumerian ⓘ
refersTo Ninsun ⓘ
region ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
religion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
roleInMythology divine mother of Gilgamesh ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age Near East ⓘ
titleOf fertility goddess ⓘ
goddess of cattle ⓘ
usedIn Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ
literature about Gilgamesh ⓘ
worshipContext temple cults of Ninsun ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Ninsun → epithet → Lady of the Wild Cows ⓘ
Ninsumun → epithet → Lady of the Wild Cows ⓘ
Rimat-Ninsun → epithet → Lady of the Wild Cows ⓘ