The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
1 But Ninhursag - Asherah-violates his decree and takes Enki's semen and impregnates herself.
2 But this time, Ninhursag manages to obtain a sample of Enki's semen from Uttu's thighs.
3 So Ninhursag pleads with Enki, who is a sort of water-god, to bring water to Dilmun.
4 As a result, his wife Ninhursag cursed him.
5 The Sumerians knew her as Nintu or Ninhursag .
6 Finally, Ninhursag is persuaded to come back.
7 To summarize: Enki and Ninhursag - who is Asherah, although in this story she also bears other epithets-livein a place called Dilmun.
8 " Ninhursag spreads the semen on the ground, and it causes eight plants to sprout up."
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