Manungal
Sign in to saveNungal ( dNun-gal, "great princess"), also known as Manungal and possibly Bēlet-balāṭi, was the Mesopotamian goddess of prisons, sometimes also associated with the underworld. She was worshiped especially in the Ur III period in cities such as Nippur, Lagash and Ur.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Nungal
- Deity.other_names
- Manungal
- Deity.image
- File:Hymn to the goddess Nungal by a scribe accused of a capital offense - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07107.JPG
- Deity.caption
- A tablet with part of the hymn to Nungal inscribed. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of prisons
- Deity.consort
- Birtum
- Deity.parents
- Ereshkigal and Anu
- Deity.children
- Dullum
- Deity.cult_center
- Nippur
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Dilbat
- Deity.equivalent1
- Ninegal
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Nungal ( dNun-gal, "great princess"), also known as Manungal and possibly Bēlet-balāṭi, was the Mesopotamian goddess of prisons, sometimes also associated with the underworld. She was worshiped especially in the Ur III period in cities such as Nippur, Lagash and Ur.
Her husband was Birtum, and she was regarded as a courtier and daughter in law Enlil. Texts also associate her with deities such as Ereshkigal, Nintinugga and Ninkasi.
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