Ningublaga was a Mesopotamian god associated with cattle.
13 Facts About Ningublaga
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Ningublaga belonged to the circle of deities related to the moon god, Nanna, and sometimes could be viewed as his son.
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Ningublaga is well attested as the brother of Alammus, and they frequently appear together in god lists, incantations and especially in astronomical texts.
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Ningublaga was believed to oversee the herds belonging to the moon god Nanna.
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Ningublaga had an apotropaic role, and appears in many incantations, for example against scorpion bite.
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Ningublaga was closely associated with the moon god Nanna, and appears after him and his wife Ningal in most god lists.
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Ningublaga was commonly associated with Alammus, the sukkal of Nanna.
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Early assyriologist Ernst Weidner incorrectly assumed that Ningublaga was a female deity and the wife of Alammus, which has been disproved by subsequent studies.
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Alammus and Ningublaga appear together in incantations, ritual texts, and oath formulas.
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Ningublaga's temple was the Eigara, but its location is not known and in the so-called Canonical Temple List it was misinterpreted as a temple of her husband.
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Ningublaga was worshiped in Uruk in the Seleucid period, though he is absent from earlier sources from the city from the neo-Babylonian period.
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Ningublaga was paired with Alammus during the annual akitu festival of Anu.
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Ningublaga is not attested in personal names or legal texts.