girsu

Shul-gur or Shul-gur-an, _i. e._, the "god of the corn heaps"; Entemena and his son Enanna-tuma in erecting a kind of storehouse which they place under the protection of Nin-girsu, declare that their god is

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

But Nin-girsu, despite his rank as the chief god of Lagash, belongs to a second class of deities.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Girsu as a quarter of Lagash finds its reflection in the relationship of master and servant pictured as existing between En-lil and Nin-girsu.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Nin-girsu, it will be recalled, has also traits which connect him with agricultural life, and Ninâ being the daughter of Nin-si-a, one of the forms under which Ningirsu-Ninib appears, we may connect Nisaba directly with the cults of which Lagash formed the center.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

It is noticeable that these four deities, Nin-girsu, Nin-shakh,

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Besides the temple at Nippur, Belit, as Nin-khar-sag, had a sanctuary at Girsu, one of the quarters at Lagash (see under Nin-girsu), the earliest mention of which occurs on an inscription of Ur-Bau.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Some are well known, as Nin-girsu, Zamama, and Papsukal.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

The temple sacred to him at Girsu was called E-ninnu, and also by a longer name that described the god as the one 'who changes darkness into light,' -- the reference being to the solar character of the god Nin-ib with whom Nin-girsu is identified.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Nin-girsu's jurisdiction and his corresponding absorption of a varying number of minor gods.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

In Gudea's long list of deities, he detects three generations, -- the three chief gods and one goddess, as the progenitors of Sin, Shamash, Nin-girsu, Bau, and others.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891