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Ningishzida

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Ningishzida (sum: dnin-g̃iš-zid-da) is a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation and the underworld. [1]

27 relations: Adapa, Anu, Apep, Azimua, Dingir, Dumuzid, Ensi (Sumerian), Ereshkigal, Gilgamesh, Lagash, List of Mesopotamian deities, Louvre, Marilyn Manson, Nāga, Nehushtan, Ninazu, Quetzalcoatl, Serpent (symbolism), Simon Necronomicon, Snake, Soapstone, Sumerian language, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Thorkild Jacobsen, Underworld, Vase, Vegetation.

Adapa

Adapa, is a Mesopotamian was a mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality.

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Anu

Anu (𒀭𒀭, Anu‹m› or Ilu) or An (𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky, Heaven") is the divine personification of the sky, supreme God, and ancestor of all the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion.

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Apep

Apep (or; also spelled Apepi or Aapep) or Apophis (Ἄποφις) was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos (ı͗zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and Ma'at (order/truth).

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Azimua

DAzimua was a goddess in Sumerian mythology, one of the eight deities born to relieve the illness of Enki.

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Dingir

Dingir (usually transliterated DIĜIR) is a Sumerian word for "god." Its cuneiform sign is most commonly employed as the determinative for religious names and related concepts, in which case it is not pronounced and is conventionally transliterated as a superscript "D" as in e.g. DInanna.

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Dumuzid

Dumuzid, later known by the alternate form Tammuz, was the ancient Mesopotamian god of shepherds, who was also the primary consort of the goddess Inanna (later known as Ishtar).

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Ensi (Sumerian)

Ensi (cuneiform:, "lord of the plowland"; Emesal dialect: umunsik; italic) was a Sumerian title designating the ruler or prince of a city-state.

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Ereshkigal

In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (lit. "Queen of the Great Earth") was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology.

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Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, a major hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late second millennium BC.

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Lagash

Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) is an ancient city located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Ash Shatrah, Iraq.

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List of Mesopotamian deities

Deities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively anthropomorphic.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France.

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Marilyn Manson

Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known by his stage name, Marilyn Manson, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, actor, painter, author, and former music journalist.

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Nāga

Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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Nehushtan

In the biblical Books of Kings, the Nehushtan (or Nohestan) (Hebrew: נחושתן or נחש הנחושת) is the derogatory name given to the bronze serpent on a pole first described in the Book of Numbers, which God told Moses to erect to so that the Israelites who saw it would be protected from dying from the bites of the "fiery serpents" which God had sent to punish them for speaking against God and Moses.

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Ninazu

Ninazu in Sumerian mythology was a god of the underworld, and of healing.

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Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcoatl (ket͡saɬˈkowaːt͡ɬ, in honorific form: Quetzalcohuātzin) forms part of Mesoamerican literature and is a deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "feathered serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent".

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Serpent (symbolism)

The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols.

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Simon Necronomicon

The Simon Necronomicon is a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simon".

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Soapstone

Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock.

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Sumerian language

Sumerian (𒅴𒂠 "native tongue") is the language of ancient Sumer and a language isolate that was spoken in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).

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The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

The Long Hard Road Out of Hell is the autobiography of Marilyn Manson, leader of the American rock band of the same name.

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Thorkild Jacobsen

Thorkild Jacobsen (7 June 1904 – 2 May 1993) was a renowned historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature.

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Underworld

The underworld is the world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living.

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Vase

A vase is an open container.

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Vegetation

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.

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Giszida, Ningis Zi Da, Ningisida, Ningiszida, Ningizzida, Ningshishzida.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningishzida

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