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Sin (thần thoại)
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Mesopotamian lunar god
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Sin was the moon god worshipped in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly important in the city of Ur where he was revered as a major deity. He mattered to the Mesopotamians because they believed he controlled the moon and its cycles, which affected their calendar, agriculture, and religious practices.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lunar deity
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Ningal
- Child
- Numushda
- Father
- Enlil
- Mother
- Ninlil
- Image
- Khashkhamer seal moon worship.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Moon
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- time period
- ancient Near East
- Commons category
- Nanna (god)
- worshipped by
- Sumerian religion
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- 𒀭𒋀𒆠
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