Ninurta = Enlil‘s eldest son with ½ sister Ninhursag, & heir to Heaven & Earth
(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…)
NInurta Speaking in the 1st Person:
“I am the strong one, unopposed in the mountains,
I am Ninurta— let them prostrate themselves at my name.
I am the exceedingly mighty lion-headed one of Enlil, whom he engendered in his strength.
The storm of heaven, shackle of the gods, I am the one whom An in his great might has chosen.
“I am the (uncle to)……, the creature of Inanna.
I am the warrior, destined with Enki to be suited for the fearsome divine powers (alien technologies).
Let my kingship be manifest unto the ends of heaven and earth.
I am most able among the gods — let me be imbued with great awesomeness.
“Let my beloved city, the sanctuary Nibru (Nippur), raise its head as high as heaven.
Let my city be pre-eminent among the cities of my brothers.
Let my temple rise (?) the highest …… among the temples of my brothers.
Let the territory of my city be the fresh-water well of Sumer.
Let the Anuna, my brother gods, bow down there.
Let their flying birds establish nests in my city.
Let their refugees refresh themselves in my shade.”
“Ninurta, lord of the gods, glory of E-cumeca, speaks most generously in praise:
“My father Enlil!”
Ninurta …… himself like a lion:
“I am the hero belonging to Enlil, I am he who controls the affairs of Nibru (Nippur).
……, and do not let the birds escape.
I am a man after the heart of my father Enlil,
and I am the hero beloved by my mother Ninlil (step-mother, Ninhursag is mother).
I was born in the mountains; I am strong in the mountains.”
“I will fell trees, I will strike down forests.
Let my mother (Ninhursag) know it.
I, Ninurta, will fell trees, I will strike down forests.
Let my mother know it.
I will clear them away like an …… ax.
Let my mother know it.
I will strike down …… walls like a huge ax.
Let my mother now it.
I will make their troops tremble like …….
Let my mother know it.
I will devour them like storm and flood.
Let my mother know it.”
The warrior, …… in furious battle, smashes heads.
The Lord curses the disobedient, rebellious lands:
“I will …… battering ram, I will …… your venom.
I will destroy (?) your city gate ……, and reach your …….
I will …… shield on (?) your tower, and reduce it to a pile of dust.
I will …… your ……, like a city cursed by Enlil.
I will …… you into ruin mounds, like a city hated by Ninurta.”
“Nin-jirsu stepped up to the head of the sleeper, briefly touching him:
´You who are going to build it for me, you who are going to build it for me, ruler,
you who are going to build my house for me, Gudea, let me tell you the ominous sign for building my house,
let me tell you the pure stars of heaven indicating my regulations (?). …
´I am Nin-jirsu (Ninurta) who has turned back the fierce waters,
the great warrior of Enlil´s realm, a lord without opponent.
My house the E-ninnu, a crown, is bigger than the mountains; …
my weapon the Car-ur (alien technologies) subdues all the lands.
No country can bear my fierce stare, nobody escapes my outstretched arms. …”
“Ninurta prays to Enlil:
‘Please, look with favor on Icme-Dagan,
the accomplished shepherd, who is at your service in the dining-hall;
on the king who has built you the chariot!
Give him Inana your beloved eldest daughter as a spouse’…”
As Ninurta:
“son of Enlil, Ninurta, created like Enlil, born by Nintud (Ninhursag),
mightiest of the Anuna (Anunnaki) gods,…”
“Ninurta, lord Nunamnir (Enlil) created you like a great storm ……,
he commanded you to achieve triumphs for him.
Barsud.
For you Nintud (Ninhursag) has opened wide her creative hands;
she has breast-fed you from her sweet breasts; she has fed you with the milk of vigor.
As if you were a spectacular wild bull, she has made your figure strong (?),
she has made your limbs massive.
She has fitted you out with …… appearance, awesome radiance and heroism.
Your mother, Nintud, held you by the right wrist
as she led you before your father in E-kur (Enlil‘s temple), the august shrine.
Then she said: ‘Decide a great fate for the son who is your avenger!’…”
“Ninurta who is great in heaven, great on earth, lordly in the east! …”
“The lord called for his house and I intend to make the grandeur of E-ninnu known everywhere. …”
“While these words were yet in Nuska‘s mouth, Ninurta put the whip and goad away in the rope-box.
He leaned his mace, the strength in battle, against the box and entered into the temple of Enlil…”
“It is his food that anyone who has food eats; it is his water that anyone who has water drinks.
And so people no longer call upon the name of their personal gods,
but …… in every mouth the name of him who is their only god….
A balbale of Ninurta.”
“Now when Enlil arrived and saw the boat,
He waxed wroth,
He was filled with fury against the heavenly Igigi gods and said:
‘What! – Has any mortal escaped?
No mortal was to survive the destruction (Noah‘s Flood)!’
Ninurta, God of War, opened his mouth to speak, said to valiant Enlil:
‘Who besides the god Enki could devise such a plan?
The god Enki alone understands every matter.’ …”
“Ninurta, hero of Enlil, as you are sitting on your throne-dais,
may your spouse, the true lady Ninnibru (Bau / Gula), who embraces you,
step before you daily with friendly words on behalf of Lipit-Ectar!
Uta-ulu, may you be his aid when he prays!
May he be able to rely on your words, may he be peerless!
May he be the king whose fate Ninurta decides,…”
“that I (Ishme-Dagan) have had the fifty-headed battle-mace, an exceptional weapon, cast for Ninurta ……”
Asgi / Acgi Quotes From Texts
Asgi / Acgi = Ninurta, son of Ninhursag & Enlil
Enlil‘s heir by Anunnaki law of the “double seed”
“Will any other mother ever give birth to someone as great as its hero Acgi?
Who has ever seen anyone as great as its lady Nintud (Ninhursag)?…”
“Ašgi, the god of Adab, has erected a house in your precinct,
O Adab, O house situated at a canal, O house Adab, and taken his seat upon your dais.
the house of Ninursaĝa (Ninhursag) in Adab.”
“Ašgi the hero consumes the contents of the vessels (?)…”
“Draw near, man, to the house Keš (Kish), to the city — but do not draw near!
Draw near, man, to its hero Ašgi –– but do not draw near!
Draw near, man, to its lady Nintur— but do not draw near!
Praise be to well-built Keš, O Ašgi!
Praise be to cherished Keš and Nintur (Ninhursag)!”
Birtum Quote From Text
Birtum = Nungal‘s (Bau‘s) spouse Ninurta
“Nungal…Birtum the very strong, my spouse, resides there with me.
Taking a seat on its great and lofty dais, he gives mighty orders…
my lady is indeed Nungal (Bau / Gula)…”
Ishtaran Quotes From Texts
Ishtaran / Ictaran / Gusilim = Ninurta
Tutelary god of the city of Dur
“the son of Uraš (Ninhursag) who knows thoroughly the true divine powers of princeship,
Ištaran, the …… sovereign of heaven, has erected a house in your precinct,
O E-dim-gal-kalama (House which is the great pole of the Land),
and taken his seat upon your dais. the house of Ištaran in Dēr…”
“They give [your name as Pabilsag] in Egalmah (Bau‘s residence in Isin, Bau‘s patron city-state),
Call your name …… in Ur,
Give your name as Nin-Azu in Ekurmah, [ ] Duranki was your birthplace.
[In ] they speak of you as Ishtaran, [In ] Zababa.
[ ] they call his name.
Your bravery much greater than all the other gods, [ ] your divinity is surpassing;…”
(Ninurta speaking):
“In the E-babbar, where I issue orders, where I shine like Utu,
there I justly decide the lawsuits of my city like Ictaran.
In the E-bagara, my dining place, the great gods of Lagac (Lagash) gather around me…”
“Ictaran (Ninurta)… son of Belet-ili (Ninhursag), your mother,…”
“…Ictaran (Ninurta).
In the E-bagara, my dining place, the great gods of Lagac (Lagash) gather around me. …”
“Ictaran (god of justice)…”
“The shepherd, the expert of the Land, the wise one (?) of the countries,
Ictaran, who decides lawsuits justly, who lives in the Land…”
“and in view of my expertise, comparable to that of Ictaran, in verdicts,
my heart has never committed violence against even one other king,…”
Ningirsu / Nin-jirsu Quotes From Texts
Ningirsu / Nin-jirsu = Ninurta, Enlil‘s son
Enlil‘s heir, god of thundershowers, god of the plow
“the son of Enlil, lord Ninĝirsu, has erected a house in your precinct,
O E-ninnu, and taken his seat upon your dais. the house of Ninĝirsu (Ninurta) in Lagaš (Lagash).”
“Bau, imbued with great fearsomeness, ……, lord Ninjirsu has looked at you approvingly.
He …… you with allure and has made your …… table in the E-tarsirsir lavishly famous…”
“Your own father, An (Anu), the highest god, clothed you (Bau) in the ma garment.
He gave you the warrior of Enlil, Ninjirsu, as your husband…”
“The hero Ninurta, devastator of the mountains, pillager of cities,
the hero Pabilsaj, devastator of the mountains, pillager of cities,
the hero Ninjirsu, devastator of the mountains, pillager of cities,…”
“Jirsu, the city of heroes, was afflicted with a lightning storm.
Ninjirsu took an unfamiliar path away from the E-ninnu.
Mother Bau wept bitter tears in her E-Iri-kug.
‘Alas, the destroyed city, my destroyed house,’ she cried bitterly…”
“lord Nijir-si (Ninurta), the precious lord, had not been born;
Cakkan (the god of wild animals) had not gone out into the barren lands.
The people of those days did not know about eating bread.
They did not know about wearing clothes; they went about with naked limbs in the Land.
Like sheep they ate grass with their mouths and drank water from the ditches…”
“in a nocturnal vision Gudea saw his master, lord Nin-jirsu
Nin-jirsu (Ninurta) spoke to him of his house, of its building.
He showed him an E-ninnu with full grandeur. …”
“Nin-jirsu, I want to build up your house for you, I want to make it perfect for you, so I will ask your sister,
the child born of Eridu, an authority on her own, the lady, the dream-interpreter among the gods,
my divine sister from Sirara, Nance (Enki‘s daughter), to show me the way.´
His call was heard; his master,
Lord Nin-jirsu accepted from (King) Gudea his prayer and supplication. …”
“Nin-jirsu, I have built up your house for you; now I shall let you enter it in joy!
My goddess Bau, I have set up your E-mi quarters for you: take up pleasant residence in them.´
His call was heard, his master Lord Nin-jirsu accepted from Gudea his prayer and supplication. …”
Pabilsag Quotes From Texts
Pabilsag = Ninurta Tutelary god of Isin
“Warrior Pabilsaj …… born to Nintud (Ninhursag)…”
“my lady is indeed Nungal (Bau / Gula).
My lady entered Lagac (Lagash).
With her beloved spouse lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta),..”
In the Kir-sig watercourse …… their tails …… Isin …….
Joyfully his son married a wife ……;
joyfully lord Pabilsaj (Ninurta) married Nininsina (Bau / Gula)…….”
“I am the beautiful woman Nininsina, daughter of holy An!…
My husband, lord Pabilsaj, the son of Enlil, lies inside with me ……, enjoying his rest there….”
“Hero Ninurta, the combs of your neck-hair are loosened!
Hero Pabilsaj, the combs of your neck-hair are loosened!
Hero Ninjirsu (Ninurta), the combs of your neck-hair are loosened;…”
“The hero Ninurta, devastator of the mountains, pillager of cities,
the hero Pabilsaj, devastator of the mountains, pillager of cities,
the hero Ninjirsu, devastator of the mountains, pillager of cities,…”
“Larak, she gave to Pabilsag,…”
“Larag (Larak), was given to Pabilsaj…”
Ninip Quotes From Texts
Ninip = Ninurta
god of the morning sun
“To Ninip most powerful hero, great, chief of the gods, warrior,
powerful Lord, whose onset in battle has not been opposed,
eldest son, crusher of opponents, first-born son of Nukimmut (Enlil)…”
“(O Ninip) is thy heart; a worshipper of Bel (Enlil) whose might upon thy great deity is founded,…”
“the renown of Ninip the warrior, worshipper of the great gods,
prolonging the benefits (conferred by) his fathers: a Prince…”
“in the great gate I fixed them, in the date of this year which takes its name from me,
in honor of Assur my Lord and Ninip who uplifts my feet…”
“a temple to Ninip 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…”
“Nin (Ninurta)! The son of Bel (Enlil); thy hands didst lay
Upon Ar-ur-u (Ninhursag), thine own queen (Ninurta’s mother & father),
With glory crowned her on that day…”
Uru-azagga Quotes From Texts
Uru-azagga = Ninurta
Ninhursag & Enlil‘s eldest son & heir
“For the goddess Bau (Ninurta’s spouse), his mistress, the mistress who Uru-azagga directs,…”
“… and the goddess Bau (Ninurta’s spouse) into his temple of Uru-azagga he has introduced…”
“To the goddess Bau (Ninurta’s spouse), the good lady, the daughter of Anna (Anu),
the mistress of Uru-azagga, the mistress of abundance, the lady who fixes the destinies of Girsu-ki,
the lady who judges her city, the lady beloved of mortals (?), the lady of death (?), to his lady,
Gudea the patesi of Shirpurla, who (the temple) of E-ninnû of the god Nin-girsu (Ninurta) has constructed…”
“so 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;…”
“mother Bau (Ninurta’s spouse), in the temple of E-sil-sirsira ‘to Gudea give life!’
by this name he has named (the statue), and in the temple of Uru-azagga he has placed it…”
Uta-ulu Quotes From Texts
Uta-ulu = Ninurta, Enlil‘s eldest son
“Lord Uta-ulu, son of Enlil, who has come forth from the hills, Ninurta!
Your imposing greatness is declared in praise songs…”
“Uta-ulu, lord of the gods, great hero of An‘s, great lord of Enlil‘s, Ninurta, august son of E-kur,…”
“My Ninurta, whose form Enki contemplates with favor, my Uta-ulu, Lord, son of Enlil, what is to be done?…”
“May your anger be appeased ……. Ninurta, King, Utu-ulu (Ninurta), lift your head to heaven…”
“Ninurta, lord Nunamnir (Enlil) created you like a great storm ……, …
Your mother, Nintud, held you by the right wrist
as she led you before your father in E-kur (Enlil‘s temple – residence), the august shrine…
Enlil looked at him with joy and decided his fate:
‘Uta-ulu (Ninurta), may your name be exalted throughout the extent of heaven and earth.
Your awesome radiance will make all the great gods tremble with fear’.”
“Your roaring and commands make all the foreign countries submit.
Your frightening look makes all enemies tremble!
Uta-ulu, when like all the evil winds you rise to ……”
“Enlil looked at him with joy and decided his fate:
‘Uta-ulu, may your name be exalted throughout the extent of heaven and earth.
Your awesome radiance will make all the great gods tremble with fear’…”
“The chick Anzu took the hero Ninurta by his hand and drew near with him to Enki‘s place, the Abzu.
The chick Anzu returned Uta-ulu to the Abzu.
The lord was delighted with the hero, father Enki was delighted with the hero Ninurta.
The lord Nudimmud (Enki) honored him duly: ‘Hero, no god among your brother gods could have acted so.
As for the bird which your mighty weapon captured, from now to eternity you will keep your foot placed on its neck.
May the great gods give your heroic strength its due.
May your father Enlil do whatever you command’…”
“May the strong one who cares for E-kur, the ensi of the august shrine, Uta-ulu, be your help on the battlefield!
May he collect your enemies like small birds for you; may he spread them out like sheaves for you!…”
“Uta-ulu, riding on fearsome radiance ……, greatest amongst the great lords ……!
Ninurta, perfect in authority, caretaker of heaven and earth ……, lord who was given strength by Nunamnir (Enlil),…”
“Ninurta, …… Anuna gods!
Lord in the E-kur, mighty ……!
Uta-ulu …… great strength ……, who has come forth from the hills and …… on the numerous divine powers!
Ninurta ……, perfect lord ……!”
“Uta-ulu …… in majesty. …… the battle-mace …… the enemy.
Ninurta, surpassing in authority, caretaker for ……!
Lord who was given great strength by Nunamnir, confident in his strength, striding into battle!
Ninurta, …… foremost ……, great wild bull,…”