ID: 901002169 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002169	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ninhursag (Sumerian deity)

Note: In Mesopotamian religion, city goddess of Adab and of Kish; she was the goddess of the stony, rocky ground, the "hursag." In particular, she had the power in the foothills and desert to produce wildlife.

Names:

	Ninhursag (Sumerian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Nin-hursag (Sumerian deity) (English)
	Ninhursaga (Sumerian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Ninhursag (Sumerian deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... wild animals
	.....(animals by location or context, Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... Adab
	.....(Dhī Qār, Iraq, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Ninhursag (Sumerian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 418
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2010014350
	Nin-hursag (Sumerian deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ninhursaga (Sumerian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)