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NINKHURSAG
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
Synonyms:
Ninhursag; Ninkharsag; Ninkhursag
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Sumer (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC)