Ningirsu

Japanese: Ningirsu
Ningirsu

Ninurta was the son of Enlil, who had no city of his own, but whose cult coexisted with Nippur. He was of the same lineage as the Sumerian god Ningirsu, and they shared the same characteristics as gods of fertility and war, so the two gods have tended to be identified since the Old Babylonian period. Ninurta's heroic deeds are told in the Sumerian poems "The King, the Storm, Whose Splendor Overpowers" and "He Who Was Made Like An" and in the Akkadian myth "Anzu."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ningirsu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エンリルの子で,自分自身の町をもたず,ニップールにその祭儀が並存した。シュメール神ニンギルスNingirsuと同じ系譜を有し,豊穣と戦闘の神という性格も共通であるため,古バビロニア時代から両神は同一視される傾向があった。シュメール語の詩《王,嵐,その光輝は威圧する》《アンのごとく造られしもの》やアッカド語の神話《アンズ》ではニヌルタの英雄的行為が語られている。…

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