Definition of Ninkharsag

1. Noun. The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.

Exact synonyms: Ninhursag, Ninkhursag
Geographical relationships: Sumer
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninkharsag

Nimrods
Nimzo-Indian
Nina
Nina Ross
Nina from Carolina
Nineveh
Ningal
Ningbo
Ningirsu
Ningishzida
Ningxia
Ninhursag
Ninib
Ninigi
Ninigino-Mikoto
Ninkharsag
Ninkhursag
Ninlil
Ninotsminda
Nintendinitis
Nintendo
Nintendo thumb
Nintendocore
Nintendonitis
Nintendos
Ninth of Ab
Ninth of Av
Nintoo
Nintu
Ninurta

Literary usage of Ninkharsag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archæology and the Bible by George Aaron Barton (1916)
"ninkharsag, jealous of him, has denied immortality to man. Enlil explains to her that she need not ... ninkharsag in her temple granted his life to him: 24. ..."

2. Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions: The Haskell Lectures, Delivered at Oberlin by Morris Jastrow (1914)
"The centre of worship of ninkharsag appears to have been the ancient city of Adab,1 ... ninkharsag, however, is present when the gods decide to bring on the ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Accordingly, he shows his gratitude by erecting sanctuaries for Enlil, ninkharsag, Ningirsu, and Utu, and by restoring old buildings, which had been erected ..."

4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Accordingly, he shows his gratitude by erecting sanctuaries for Enlil, ninkharsag, Ningirsu, and Utu, and by restoring old buildings, which had been erected ..."

5. A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, Leonard William King (1908)
"... inscribed with the name and title of Galu-Babbar, an early viceroy of the city of Umma, recording the dedication of a temple to the goddess ninkharsag. ..."

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