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- proper noun In
Sumerian mythology, the consort goddess ofEnlil .
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Examples
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Naturally, Ninlil goes down to the canal the next day to take a dip.
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Enlil walks out of town in the direction of the underworld, and the pregnant Ninlil follows him.
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He obtains a boat, floats over to where Ninlil is bathing, and rapes her, impregnating her with the future moon god Nanna or Sin.
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Then he came across the names, of Enlil and his wife, Ninlil, and the story of how Enlil took three forms and impregnated his wife three times, and from those three unions sprang Nergal, and Ninazu, and one other, one whose name was lost, rendered illegible by the damage to the old stones on which the story had been written.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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When this story begins, the gods have apparently already established cities, for Enlil, the goddess Ninlil “lady wind” or “lady air” and her mother Ninshebargunu are dwelling in their temples in the city of Nippur.
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Enlil impersonates a gatekeeper, a man in charge of the underworld river, and the ferryman to the underworld, and as each of these personages, he has sex with Ninlil, impregnating her with three deities who will reside in the underworld as substitutes for Nanna the moon, who will thus be free to rise to heavens where he belongs.
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Ninlil refuses, saying she is too young to make love, so Enlil devises a plan.
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Then he came across the names, of Enlil and his wife, Ninlil, and the story of how Enlil took three forms and impregnated his wife three times, and from those three unions sprang Nergal, and Ninazu, and one other, one whose name was lost, rendered illegible by the damage to the old stones on which the story had been written.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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Her supreme position as a goddess is attested by the relative insignificance of her husband Dunpae, whom she completely overshadows, in which respect she presents a contrast to the goddess Ninlil, Enlil's female counterpart.
Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894
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Simo Parpola identifies Adrammelech and Sharezer as one and the same man, named Arad-Ninlil.
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