نینورتا

Ninurta (: , possible meaning "Lord [of] Barley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (: , 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 the earliest records, he is a god of agriculture and healing, who cures humans of sicknesses and releases them from the power of demons. In later times, as Mesopotamia grew more militarized, he became a warrior deity, though he retained many of his earlier agricultural attributes. He was regarded as the son of the chief god Enlil and his main cult cen

Key facts

Deity.caption: Assyrian stone relief from the temple of Ninurta at Kalhu, showing the god with his thunderbolts pursuing Anzû, who has stolen the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil's sanctuary (Austen Henry Layard Monuments of Nineveh, 2nd Series, 1853)
Deity.parents: Enlil and Ninhursag As Urash, An
Deity.deity_of: God of agriculture, hunting, and war
Deity.abode: Eshumesha temple in NippurLater Kalhu, during Assyrian times
Deity.symbol: Plow and perched bird
Deity.consort: As Ninurta: GulaAs Ninĝirsu: Bau
Deity.planet: Saturn, Mercury
Deity.mount: Beast with the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
Deity.equivalent1_type: Caananite
Deity.equivalent1: Attar
Deity.equivalent2_type: Eblaite
Deity.equivalent2: Aštabi
Deity.equivalent3_type: Roman
Deity.equivalent3: Saturn
Deity.greek_equivalent: Cronus
Deity.type: Mesopotamian
Deity.name: Ninurta
Deity.image: Cropped Image of Carving Showing the Mesopotamian God Ninurta.png