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Dumuzid the Fisherman. Figure of a priest king from the Uruk period (3300 BC). Dumuzid, [a] titled the Fisherman, [b] was a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk listed originating from Kuara. According to legend, in the one-hundredth year of his reign, he was captured by Enmebaragesi .
The two rulers mentioned in the Sumerian king list are Dumuzid of Bad-Tibira, the shepherd and the fifth King before the flood, and Dumuzid of Kua, the fisherman. Inanna and Dumuzid: A Turbulent Relationship. Based on what we know from ancient texts, Inanna and Dumuzid had a complex, often turbulent relationship that may have been an allegory ...
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Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz , known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd and to the Canaanites as Adon , is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with agriculture and shepherds, who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess Inanna . In Sumerian mythology, Dumuzid's sister was Geshtinanna, the goddess of agriculture, fertility, and dream interpretation. In the ...
The concepts of death and resurrection are tied to the myth of Tammuz, which foreshadowed the central role of resurrection in the religion of Christianity.. Etymology. Though the Babylonian/Assyrian god Dumuzi was known by a variety of names throughout the Middle East (including the Hebrew תַּמּוּז, Tammuz; the Arabic تمّوز, Tammūz; the Akkadian Duʾzu; and the Sumerian Dumuzid ...
Dumuzid is the Mesopotamian “shepherd god” that is associated with fertility and livestock. He is later known by the name of Tammuz. He is the most well-known lover of Inanna, whom he has married when he was still a mortal. Dumuzid is closely associated with the Greek god, Adonis.
Duttur. Duttur ( Sumerian language :𒀭𒁍𒁺, d BE- du [1]) was a Mesopotamian goddess best known as the mother of Dumuzid. She frequently appears in texts mourning his death, either on her own or alongside Geshtinanna and Inanna. It is often assumed that she was associated with sheep.
