Bau = daughter to Anu & Urash / Nammu in most texts,
= daughter to Anu & Ereshkigal in other texts,
goddess doctor & jailer
(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)
(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)
Bau Speaking in the 1st Person:
“I am the lady who sits upon terrifying divine powers (alien technology)!
I am she who is endowed from holy heaven with the office of incantation priestess!
I am she who withdraws the first fruits from the palace,
I am she who has received the divine powers from the most elevated dais.
I am mighty, I am the forceful one of An (Anu) and Urac (Nammu),
I am the great lady of the gods!
My terror is fearsome as it weighs on the Land; my terrifying splendor burdens all the foreign lands.
No man anticipates my commands.
I am the lady, I am heroic, I am youthful, I am the powerful one of the Land!
The heavens fold themselves in my presence like a mourning garment;
the earth is more and more submerged as if by the water of a flood when I am present.
I am the neck-stock of the Land which grips mankind.
I am she who hastens like a north wind storm into the midst of the people!
I am she who hears prayer and pleading!”
“‘My house is the house of Isin, the cosmic border of heaven and earth,
a fragrant cedar forest whose perfume does not diminish; its interior is a mountain established in plenteousness.
Before the land of Dilmun ever existed, my house was created from a date palm.
Before the land of Dilmun ever existed, Isin was created from a date palm.
Its dates are like a great linen garment that hangs on a tree, heaped up into piles.
The Anuna (Anunnaki), the great gods, eat together with me.
My house is a place of healing, full of opulence, the place of the formation of the Land.
At night it shines to me like the moonlight; in the noonday heat it shines to me like the sunlight.
My husband, lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta), the son of Enlil, lies inside with me ……, enjoying his rest there.’…”
Bau:
“Bau (Ninurta‘s spouse), the lady, first-born daughter of An (Anu)…”
“lady of the E-gal-mah (her ziggurat residence in Nippur)…”
“Mother Bau (Gula), foremost among ladies,…
Daughter of An (Anu), expert, eloquent, who holds everything in her hand!
Lady, great doctor of the black-headed people,
who keeps people alive, and brings them to birth… you are in charge of the wine.
You are Enlil‘s exalted daughter-in-law (Ninurta‘s spouse),
you are the one who stands next to him with the libation water (?)….”
“The lady, the great healer of the black-headed who determines the destiny of her city,
the first-born daughter of holy An, the maiden, mother Bau…”
“Your own father, An, the highest god, clothed you in the ma garment.
He gave you the warrior of Enlil, Ninjirsu (Ninurta), as your husband.
He bestowed on you the E-ninnu (residence in Lagash), the holy city, the shrine which brought forth the seeds of mankind.
He has set up your lofty throne-dais in Lagac (Lagash), in Jirsu, the mooring post of the Land,
In E-jalga-sud, your beloved residence, in Tar-sirsir (ziggurat), the temple of ladyship;
and now all the gods of the land of Lagac bow down before your august residence…”
“In the house, Enki drove in the the foundation pegs,
while Nance, the daughter of Eridu (Enki’s city), took care of the oracular messages.
The mother of Lagac, holy Jatumdug (Ninsun), gave birth to its bricks amid cries (?),
and Bau (Ninurta‘s spouse), the lady, first-born daughter of An (Anu),
sprinkled them with oil and cedar essence (masonic ritual used today).
En and lagar priests were detailed to the house to provide maintenance for it.
The Anuna (Anunnaki) gods stood there full of admiration…”
“You are the lady who renders verdicts, who decrees judgments and …….
You are the righteous one among the gods, the wife of the warrior.
Bau, you are cherished in the heaven and on the earth. …”
“For the goddess Bau (Ninurta‘s spouse), the good lady, the daughter of Anna (Anu), for his (Gudea) lady her temple of Uru-azagga…”
“for the goddess Bau (Ninurta‘s spouse) the daughter of Anna (Anu) the mistress of Uru-azagga, his mistress,
the temple of E-sil-sirsira, her favorite temple he (Gudea) has constructed; ,…”
“for the goddess Bau (Ninurta‘s spouse) his mistress
her favorite temple, the temple of E-sil-sirsira, he (Gudea) had constructed,—…”
Gula / Gulanu Quotes From Texts
Gula / Gulanu = Bau, spouse to Ninurta, Anu‘s daughter
goddess of healing
“The fourth high seat was empty.
It belonged to Enlil, the defendant.
Red-eyed Ninlil, sided by the healer goddess Gula (Bau, Enlil‘s ½ sister), sat quiet and dignified on the right.
On the left and opposite to her was Enlil, whose discomfort was evident for all to see…”
“You were brought up sitting on the knees of An (Anu) the king, and the great gods elevated …….
Woman whose name inspires awe, Gula (Bau), …….
You go against all the foreign lands, lady who, for all her pleasantness,
fearsomely and mightily ……, who lifts her head in great and elevated divinity.
Nininsina (Bau / Gula), your father established you in ladyship over the Land.
In awe at you, never altering the fearsomeness ……,
holy Nininsina, lady Gula, Nininsina, in the Egal-mah (her residence in Nippur), founded by An — …”
“a temple to Ninip (Ninurta) my Lord I therein founded;
when an image of Ninip himself which had not been made before,
in the reverence of my heart for his great mighty god-ship,
of mountain stone and brilliant gold I caused to make in its completeness;…
an altar to Ninip my Lord I therein consecrated: a temple for Beltis (Inanna), Sin (Nannar), and Gulanu (Bau / Gula),
Hea-Manna (Enki) and Yav (Adad) great ruler of heaven and earth I founded…”
Nininsina / Ninisina Quotes From Texts
Nininsina / Ninisina = Bau / Gula,
Anu‘s daughter, Ninurta‘s spouse
sister to Enki & Ninhursag, ½ sister & daughter-in-law to Enlil
As Nininsina:
“Nininsina (Bau / Gula), your father established you in ladyship over the Land.
In awe at you, never altering the fearsomeness ……, holy Nininsina, lady Gula, Nininsina, in the Egal-mah, founded by An …”
“beloved daughter of great An (Anu)!
Nininsina, born of Urac (Nammu), from the great womb…”
“I am the forceful one of An (Anu) and Urac (Nammu), I am the great lady of the gods!…”
“I am the beautiful woman Nininsina, daughter of holy An!
My father An the king, shepherd of the gods, sat me in the Land on a holy dais.
My mother Urac, the lady of the gods, had momentous sexual intercourse with An,
relaxing in the holy bedchamber; my place of engendering by holy An was a holy place.…”
“as soon as she took a fancy to a white linen garment, he dressed the daughter of holy An (Anu) in it.
Lord Nudimmud (Enki) determined a fate for her (Nininsina).
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She lay down with him on …… and spent time joyously with him.’
‘…… with your beloved spouse, lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta), …… your chosen ……!’
This is what the Great Mountain, Enlil, determined as her fate…”
“Nininsina (Bau / Gula) …….
In the Kir-sig watercourse …… their tails …… Isin …….
Joyfully his son married a wife ……; joyfully lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta) married Nininsina (Bau / Gula)…….”
“Isin, the shrine that was not a quay, was split by onrushing waters.
Nininsina, the mother of the Land, wept bitter tears.
‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly…”
“At that time, the jewelery of cuba stones did not exist; no jewelery of cuba stones was worn on the neck.
Nininsina invented it: it was she who plowed with the cuba stones, she who made them into seeds. …”
“My illustrious sister, holy Nininsina (Bau / Gula, Anu‘s daughter), is to get the jewelery of cuba stones.
She is to be An‘s (Anu’s) mistress.
She is to stand beside An and speak to him whenever she desires…”
“Great lady, majestic physician to the black-headed, holy Nininsina (Bau / Gula), daughter of An (Anu),…”
“When you draw through the flesh the scalpel and the lancet, knives…”
“She tests the surgical lancet; Nininsina sharpens the scalpel.
She has made perfect the divine powers of medicine, and hands them over to her son, the king of Jirsi, the kindly Damu:
‘My son, pay attention to everything medical! Damu, pay attention to everything medical!’ …”
“My lady, the midwife of the mothers of the Land, is the chief doctor of the black-headed; Nininsina, the daughter of An,
hands this all over to her son, the king of Jirsi, the kindly Damu:
‘My son, pay attention to everything medical! Damu, pay attention to everything medical!
You will be praised for your diagnoses.’…”
As Ninisina:
“Ninisina, first-born child of holy An (Anu), eminent among ladies, …… of lord Nunamnir (Enlil);
who perfects the divine powers of E-kur, …… of great mother Ninlil,
with notions in her heart which are expressed (?); wife of the great hero, lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta)…”
Ninkarrak Quotes From Texts
Ninkarrak = Bau / Gula, Anu‘s daughter, Ninurta‘s spouse
“I offered sacrifice to my lady Ninkarrak [Gula], mistress of Egalmah; I prayed and implored her,
I told her the matter that I was constantly considering, and spoke like this:
‘Entrust to me the people of Sumer and Akkad […] all the lands.
Let the people of the Upper and the Lower lands bring their weighty tribute into Egalmah (Bau’s residence in Nippur)‘….”
“In the night time, holy Gula, the exalted lady, stood before me, she heard my speech, spoke to me clearly and blessed me.
‘You shall set a place in the underground water, in the ocean beneath the earth, […]
you shall raise the top to the distant sky, in […] above, a state of privilege’…”
Ninnibru Quotes From Texts
Ninnibru = Bau / Gula / Nininsinna, Anu‘s daughter
“Lord Ninurta, may you be well-disposed towards your beloved city.
May you be well-disposed towards the sanctuary Nibru, your beloved city.
When you enter E-cumeca, your beloved temple, alone,
tell your wife, young lady Ninnibru, what is in your heart, tell her what is on your mind…”
“Ninurta, hero of Enlil, as you are sitting on your throne-dais, may your spouse, the true lady Ninnibru, who embraces you,…”
“May Ninurta declare …… life for you, and may Ninnibru, the lady who founds cities, ……,
enclose you mercifully and kindly …… to protect your life…”
Nintinugga Quotes From Texts
Nintinugga = Bau / Gula / Ninisina, Babylonian
“Lugal-murub the son of Zuzu, the master-scribe of Nibru (Nippur), has fashioned for Nintinuga his messenger (?) dog Tuni-lu-sag…”
“May Nintinuga look after me during my life, and when I die may she provide me with clear water in the nether world…”
Nungal Quotes From Texts
Nungal = Bau / Gula / Nininsina
Nungal Speaking in the 1st Person:
“When the time arrives, the prison is made up as for a public festival;
the gods are present at the place of interrogation, at the river ordeal,
to separate the just from the evildoers; a just man is given rebirth.
Nungal clamps down on her enemy, so he will not escape her clutches.
Then the lady is exultant; the powerful goddess, holy Nungal, praises herself:
‘An has determined a fate for me, the lady; I am the daughter of An (Anu).
Enlil too has provided me with an eminent fate, for I am his daughter-in-law‘ (spouse to Enlil‘s son Ninurta)…”
“The gods have given the divine powers of heaven and earth into my hands.
My own mother, Ereckigala (Ereshkigal), has allotted to me her divine powers.
I have set up my august dais in the nether world,…”
“I assist Nintud (Ninhursag) at the place of child-delivery (?);
I know how to cut the umbilical cord (Ninhursag‘s symbol) and know the favorable words when determining fates.
I am the lady, the true stewardess of Enlil; he has heaped up possessions for me.
The storehouse which never becomes empty is mine; …….
“Mercy and compassion are mine. I frighten no one.
I keep an eye upon the black-headed people: they are under my surveillance.
I hold the tablet of life in my hand and I register the just ones on it.
The evildoers cannot escape my arm; I learn their deeds.
All countries look to me as to their divine mother.
I temper severe punishments; I am a compassionate mother. …”
Nungal:
“my lady is indeed Nungal.
My lady entered Lagac (Lagash).
With her beloved spouse lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta),…”
“At the time when Enmerkar in Uruk ruled, Nungal, the lion-hearted, was the Pilot who from the skies
brought Ishtar (Inanna) down to the E-Anna (Uruk‘s ziggurat residence)…”
“When a man of whom his god disapproves (?) arrives at the gate of the great house,
which is a furious storm, a flood which covers everybody,
he is delivered into the august hands of Nungal, the warden of the prison;
this man is held by a painful grip like a wild bull with spread (?) forelegs.
He is led to a house of sorrow, his face is covered with a cloth, and he goes around naked…”
“Birtum the very strong, my spouse, resides there with me.”…
“He gave his seventh aura to Nungal (the goddess of prisoners)…”
Ninegal Quotes From Texts
Ninegal = Bau
“I knelt down and feasted in the E-gal-mah (Bau’s residence in Enlil‘s city Nippur) of Ninegal (Bau)…”
“Ninegal (Bau) will not …… because of my valorous strength.”
(Bau‘s patron city Isin, heavily pitted & looted)
(drinking bouts of the gods could last for weeks)
(Bau with her cuba stone jeweled necklace, & spouse Ninurta)
