entities: ENT_MES_NINLIL

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_MES_NINLIL Ninlil   Mesopotamian Mother goddess / Divine consort Fertility Deity motherhood; grain; divine consort of Enlil; divine wind; earth; Nippur       A           "Lady of the Grain" or "Lady Air" (Sumerian: nin = lady, lil = grain/air); consort of Enlil and the most important divine mother in the Sumerian pantheon; her primary cult center is Nippur alongside Enlil; the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1) narrates how Enlil, exiled to the underworld for raping the young Ninlil by the banks of the canal, is followed there by Ninlil; their underground union produces the moon god Nanna/Sin and two other underworld deities (Nergal and Ninazu in some traditions); she is also called Sud in an older tradition before her marriage to Enlil; in the Old Babylonian period she is identified with Ninhursag and with the "Lady of the Earth" tradition; she is the divine mother whose children include the moon (Nanna/Sin), the warrior (Ninurta), and the underworld power (Nergal) deity

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