Deity Mesopotamia and the Levant
Sin
ܣܝܢ (ܐܠܗܐ) arc
Mesopotamian lunar god
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Sin
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 11
Kinship in an account 11
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Enlil ancient Mesopotamian god -
child of (child) Ninhursag sumerian goddess - child of (child) Ninlil Mesopotamian goddess
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parent of (father) Inanna Sumerian goddess -
parent of (father) Ishtar East Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex - parent of (child) Ningublaga mesopotamian god of cattle
- parent of (child) Numushda Mesopotamian god
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parent of (father) Nusku sumerian deity -
parent of (father) Shamash Mesopotamian sun god -
parent of (father) Shamash Sumerian sun god -
partner of (spouse) Ningal goddess of reeds in Sumerian mythology
Connections
How Sin connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 5
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Attribute 1
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
12 statements on this record
- 12 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 8 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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