Ningishzidda Overview

(gods in blue mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

          2bb - Ningishzidda placing the temple peg for Gudea4cc - Ninsun, Gudea, Inanna, & Ningishzidda

           (Nigishzidda, “Lord of the Artifact”;       Ninsun, Gudea– her 2/3rds divine son-king, & Ningishzidda with horned snake symbol on shoulders)

        . Ningishzidda = Sumerian “Lord of the Artifact” (ziggurats & pyramids)    

        . KullaAssyrian, master architect

        . Thoth = Egyptian god of knowledge, Egyptian & Sumerian guardian of Giza

        . Hermes = Greek

        . Mercury = Roman

        . Quetzalcoatl = Mayan, etc. as feathered serpent god       

       

        . in some texts son to Ninazu & Ningirida / Ninsutu

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        . in some texts son to Ereshkigal & Enki, & older brother to Amasilama

       

        . married the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag,– “Azimua shall marry Ninjiczida“… (Ningishzidda)

       

        . helped Enki & Ninhursag with developing the Modern Man” / Adapa / “The Worker”

       

        . Ningishzidda symbolized as entwined serpents, such as Medical Logo (DNA), the task of mixing species to create worker-beings, today’s modern man

       

        . architect of many of the world’s ziggurats, astronomical clocks, & monuments

        . Ebadbarra: “House, Outer Wall,” temple residence of Ning̃išhzida at Lagaš-Girsu (Lagash)

        . Egisbanda: “House of Gišbanda, temple residence of Ning̃išhzida at Gišbanda

        . Eguzalama: “House of the Exalted Chamberlain.” temple residence of Ning̃išhzida at Babylon

       

        . Kigalla: “Great Place,” seat of Ning̃išhzida in é.sag̃,íl at Babylon

       

        . Eniggina:, “House of Truth, temple residence of Ning̃išhzida at Ur, rebuilt by Sin.iqīsam and Rīim-Sin

        . chapel in é.an.na (E-ana) at Uruk, built by Anam and Merodachbaladam

        . temple residence at Girsu [tilde] built by Gudea

        . sanctuary at Isin

        . builder of the Egyptian Great Pyramids, & other  monuments

        . his face was possibly on the Sphinx, & later changed by Marduk to his own son Ashur’s / Osiris’

        . as founder-snake god, he established the Olmec, the Mayan civilizations, & their calendars