Mami

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Mami is a Mesopotamian mother goddess associated with creation and childbirth, often identified with the deity Ninhursag.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mami canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess
creator deity
fertility goddess
mother goddess
appearsIn Atra-Hasis myth
linked to: Atra-Hasis Epic
associatedWith childbirth
creation
fertility
collaboratesWith Igigi gods
createsUsing clay
divine blood
culture Mesopotamian religion
domain earth
mountains
epithet birth goddess
mistress of the gods
mother goddess
equatedWith Belet-ili in Akkadian texts
Ninhursag in later tradition
function overseeing pregnancy
protecting mothers and infants
shaping human beings from clay
gender female
identifiedWith Belet-ili
Ninhursag
Nintu
languageOfName Akkadian
mythologicalTradition Akkadian mythology
Sumerian mythology
linked to: Sumerian religion
oftenSyncretizedWith Belet-ili
Ninhursag
Nintu
pantheon Mesopotamian pantheon
relatedConcept birth house
divine midwifery
role creator of humans
mother of humanity
sphereOfInfluence human creation
reproduction
status major goddess
typeOfDeity earth and fertility deity
worshipPeriod Bronze Age
worshipRegion Southern Mesopotamia
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia

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

Ninhursag alsoKnownAs Mami
Nintu alsoKnownAs Mami