Ninhursag (also Ninhursaga) is the Sumerian Mother Goddess and one of the oldest and most important in the Mesopotamian Pantheon. She is known as the Mother of the Gods and Mother of Men for her part in creating both divine and mortal entities.
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c. 4500 BCEMother Goddess, precursor to Ninhursag, worshipped in Mesopotamia during Ubaid Period.
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c. 2900 BCE - 2700 BCENinhursag first appears in written works during the Early Dynastic Period I in Mesopotamia.
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1792 BCE - 1750 BCENinhursag, along with other feminine deities, loses status during the reign of Hammurabi of Babylon.
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c. 612 BCENinhursag no longer worshipped in Mesopotamia. .