Ninurta

Ninurta

Ninurta (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁: DNIN.URTA, possible meaning "Lord [of] Barley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄈𒋢: DNIN.ĜIR2.SU, meaning "Lord [of] Girsu"), is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war who was first worshipped in early Sumer. In his earliest depictions, he is a god of agriculture and of healing with the power to cure illness and to exorcise demons. As Mesopotamia grew more militarized, Ninurta became a warrior deity, though he retained many of his earlier agricultural attributes. In Babylonian astrology, Ninurta was associated with the planet Saturn.

Pantheon: Mesopotamian Culture: Sumerian / Akkadian Civilization: Ancient Mesopotamia Period: 3500 BCE – 500 BCE

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