Ninmena

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Ninmena is a Mesopotamian goddess associated with birth and creation, often regarded as a daughter or aspect of the mother goddess Ninhursag.

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Ninmena canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess
deity
associatedWith Ninhursag
birth
creation
divine midwifery
human creation
motherhood
attestedIn Akkadian texts
Sumerian texts
category Mesopotamian birth goddesses
Mesopotamian mother goddesses
Sumerian goddesses
culture Mesopotamian religion
epithetOf Ninhursag
function assisting in the formation of humans
overseeing childbirth
gender female
hasTitle Lady of the Diadem
languageOfName Sumerian
linkedDeity Ninhursag
Ninhursaga
linked to: Ninhursag

Nintu
nameElement Mena
Nin
linked to: Nin (lady)
nameMeaning "Lady of the Crown"
pantheon Akkadian pantheon
Sumerian pantheon
linked to: Sumerian religion
possibleAspectOf Ninhursag
possibleDaughterOf Ninhursag
relatedConcept bestowal of royal crown
divine creation of kings
role goddess of birth
goddess of creation
helper of major mother goddesses
symbolicAssociation crown
royal insignia
typeOf mother-goddess figure
worshipPeriod Early Dynastic period
Old Babylonian period
worshipRegion Sumer
southern Mesopotamia

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Ninhursag parentOf Ninmena