About this deity
Ninurta (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁) was a major Sumerian deity associated with agriculture and harvest. In the Assyrian period, he was more closely associated with war and fighting.
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Parent belief system
Sumerian Religion · Polytheistic · 7 mythsSumerian religion refers to spiritual beliefs practiced from ca. 4500-1900 BCE in Mesopotamia, or modern-day southern Iraq. Many deities were diffused into other Mesopotamian cultures.
Top myths
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| The Song of the Hoe | Epic of Anzu | Epic of Atrahasis | |
| Creation myth | Prestige myth | Creation, Flood myth | |
| Unknown author | Unknown author | Ipiq-Aya | |
| Read myth | Read myth | Read myth | |
The iconic image of Ninurta chasing the Anzu bird comes from an artifact at the British Museum: BM 124571. It was first discovered between 1851-1853 by Austen Henry Layard while he was doing excavation work at Nineveh; and, it was published as plate no. 5 in Layard's 1853 publication.[1] According to Jeremy Black, Ninurta lost popularity in the Sumerian tradition by the time of the Old Babylonian period.[2]
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Mythological stories including Ninurta
- The Song of the Hoe Creation myth
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- Epic of Anzu Prestige myth
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The winged eagle-lion monster named Anzu steals the Tablet of Destinies. No other deity wants to chase him down other than Ninurta, a warrior deity known for hunting. After a failed attempt, Ninurta captures Anzu, ends his life, and recovers the Tablet of Destinies.
- Epic of Atrahasis Creation, Flood myth
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Cite this page
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Ninurta." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Jul. 2019, omnika.org/stable/238. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
OMNIKA (2019, July 25). Ninurta. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/238
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Ninurta." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 25, 2019. Accessed May 12, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/238.
