(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…)

Damgalnuna / Damkina / Ninki Quotes From Texts

Damgalnuna / Damkina / Ninki = Enki’s Official Spouse

Daughter of Alalu, Arranged Marriage of Peace & Unity Between Alalu’s Daughter & Anu’s Eldest Son

= Sometimes Ninhursag Mother Goddess to Many Minor Gods & Goddesses

As Damgalnuna:

“She is the birth-giver of the great gods, she is their goddess.

A šir-šagḫula of Damgalnuna…”

“Damgalnuna (Damkina) speaks:

‘My beloved, who has ever seen such a destruction as that of your city Eridug (Eridu)!’ …”

“The mother of E-mah, holy Damgalnuna (Damkina), left her city…

In Eridug everything was reduced to ruin …”

“Enki took an unfamiliar path away from Eridug.

Damgalnuna, the mother of the E-mah, wept bitter tears.

‘Alas the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly.

Its sacred Jipar of en-ship was defiled.

Its en priest was snatched from the Jipar and carried off to enemy territory …”

“Eridu’s lady, holy Damgalnuna (Damkina, Enki’s spouse), the faithful cow,

the compassionate one, clawed at her breast, clawed at her eyes.

She uttered a frenzied cry.

She held a dagger and a sword in her two hands — they clashed together.

She tore out her hair like rushes, uttering a bitter lament:

‘You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her —

where is a lament uttered bitterly for you?

Eridug! You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, …”

“Your husband, the great lord Nudimmud (Enki) …”

“Eridu’s lady, holy Damgalnuna …”

“Enki, lord, firstborn son of An ……,

Nudimmud (Enki), great bull of the Abzu ……,

may you …… with your consort, holy Damgalnuna (Damkina) …”

As Damkina:

“Ea (Neptune), his triumph over his enemies secured,

In his sacred chamber in profound sleep he rested.

He named it “Apsu (Sun),” for shrines he assigned (it).

In that same place his cult hut he founded.

Ea (Enki / Neptune) and Damkina, his wife, dwelled (there) in splendor.

In the chamber of fates, the abode of destinies,

A god was engendered, most potent and wisest of gods.

In the heart of Apsu (Sun) was Marduk (Nibiru) created,

In the heart of holy Apsu (Sun) was Marduk (Nibiru) created.

He who begot him was Ea (Neptune), his father;

She who conceived him was Damkina (Marduk’s mother), his mother …”

“ in his holy palace Ea (Neptune-Enki) slept.

Over the abyss, the distance, he built his house and shrine

and there magnificently he lived with his (Enki’s) wife Damkina .

In that room, at the point of decision where what is to come is predetermined,

he was conceived, the most sagacious, the one from the first most absolute in action.

In the deep abyss he was conceived, MARDUK was made …”

“Ea set up his triumphal cry over his foes.

Then he rested very quietly inside his private quarters

And named them Apsu and assigned chapels,

Founded his own residence there,

And Ea and Damkina his lover dwelt in splendor …”

“Bel, cleverest of the clever, sage of the gods, was begotten.

And inside Apsu, Marduk was created;

Inside pure Apsu, Marduk was born.

Ea his father created him, Damkina his mother bore him.… …”

As Dao-ki-na:

“As Hea’s (Ea / Enki) face, and heaving breast divine!

‘O Sabit, to your father Hea take our prayer!

And may Dao-ki-na (Damkina), your bright mother, hear!’ …”

“O hear us, Hea! hear us, dear Dao-ki-na! …”

As Ninki:

“son of the Great Mountain and born of Ninlil (and Enlil), given a good destiny by…Enki and Ninki …”

“The Enki and Ninki deities have perfected their divine powers throughout all countries for you…. …”

“Enki and Ninki (his spouse, Marduk’s mother), the great lords, the great princes,

the lords who determine fates, await your utterances, …”

As Nimul:

“the Enki and Ninki deities; Enmul and Ninmul. …”

“A violent storm blew over Umma, brickwork in the midst of the highlands.

Cara (Shara, Inanna’s son) took an unfamiliar path away from the E-mah, his beloved dwelling.

Ninmul cried bitter tears over her destroyed city.

‘Oh my city, whose charms can no longer satisfy me,’ she cried bitterly …”

As Ninhursag:

“Enki distributed his semen destined for Damgalnuna.

He poured semen into Ninhursaja’s womb

and she conceived the semen in the womb, the semen of Enki …”

“Enki replied: ‘Ninhursag, dearest Nintur, beloved, how can anyone quite compare to you?

I cannot resist your wild, sweet ways, so lie with me one more time and fill my body,

heart, soul and mind with endless delights!

For me you will forever be my fierce Damgalnunna (Ninhursag),

my Great Spouse, passionate and very much loved!’ …”

Sabit Quote From Text

Sabit = Enki & Damkina’s daughter

“As Hea’s (Ea / Enki) face, and heaving breast divine!

‘O Sabit, to your father Hea take our prayer!

And may Dao-ki-na (Damkina), your bright mother, hear!’ …”

Enki & Ninhursag Had Many Daughters

in Search of a Male Heir of the “Double Seed” Law of Succession, for Enki by his Sister-Lover Ninhursag

8 Children of Enki’s & Ninhursag’s, via Uttu

“Ninhursaja made Enki sit by her vagina.

(1 line not in the ms. from Nippur: She placed (?) her hands on ……. and ……. on its outside.)

(Ninhursaja asked:) “My brother, what part of you hurts you?”

“The top of my head (ugu-dili) hurts me.”

She gave birth to Ab-u out of it.