Ninsun

First to my mind is Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Rimat-Ninsun and the folk hero Lugalbanda.

Archive 2007-02-01 2007

First to my mind is Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Rimat-Ninsun and the folk hero Lugalbanda.

Genesis 6.1-4 2007

For _Ninsun_ as mother of Gilgamish see SBP. 153 n. 19 and R.A.,

The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform Stephen Langdon 1906

The first line of the new tablet corresponds to Tablet I, Col. V 25 of the Assyrian text, [7] where Gilgamish begins to relate his dreams to his mother Ninsun.

The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform Stephen Langdon 1906

Here he is the consort of the mother goddess Ninsun.

The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform Stephen Langdon 1906

_Ri-mat ilat_Nin-sun should be rendered "The wild cow Ninsun."

The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform Stephen Langdon 1906

Whether Ninguesirka was a title of Ninsun, or represents a variant tradition with regard to the parentage of Gilgamesh on the mother's side, we have in any case confirmation of his descent from priest and goddess.

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894

Gilgamesh is sufficiently impressed by this warning to invite Enkidu to accompany him on a visit to his mother, Ninsun, for the purpose of receiving her counsel.

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891

On this title "wild cow of the stall" for Ninsun, see Poebel in _OLZ_ 1914, page 6, to whom we owe the correct view regarding the name of Gilgamesh's mother.

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891

Lines 34-43 of the Assyrian version (bringing tablet I to a close) [135] represent an elaboration of the speech of Ninsun, followed by a further address of Gilgamesh to his mother, and by the determination of Gilgamesh to seek out

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891