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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 .
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Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣, romanized: Dumuzid; Akkadian: Duʾūzu, Dûzu; Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, romanized: Tammûz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻, romanized: Dumuzid sipad) and to the Canaanites as Adon (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍; Proto-Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍), is an ancient ...
- Inanna (later known as Ishtar)
- Geshtinanna (sister), Amashilama (not usually, but in some texts said to be his sister)
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Dumuzid of Kua, the fisherman (reigning 100 years), the third King of the first dynasty, reigning between Lugalbanda and Gilgamesh the son of Lugalbanda Other Sumerian texts showed that kings were to be married to Inanna in a mystical marriage , such as a hymn describing the mystical marriage between the goddess and King Iddid-Dagan ( ca 1900 B ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Dumuzid, titled the Fisherman, 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. Oops something went wrong: 403. Dumuzid, titled the Fisherman, was a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk listed originating from Kuara.
Aug 20, 2014 · Dumuzid …… the farmer, the king of dyke and canal. From the plain where he was, the shepherd from the plain where he was provoked a quarrel with him; (t his text is very similar to the much later Biblical account of Cain & Abel, farmer vs. shepherd, competing for god’s approval over the other)
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.
In Babylonia and Assyria, he was known as Dumuzi. In Hebrew and Arabic, the name Tammuz prevailed. His name can be translated as “the good young one,” reflecting his role as the god of shepherds and fertility. Dumuzi the Shepherd seems to have been his official title attested in some ancient texts.