![]() ![]() Ninsun is brought up in the course of the story. Rasmussen, and it was published by Soft Skull Press in 2011. Ninsun is represented as a divinity and mother to the main hero in Gilgamesh by Andrew Winegarner and April F.M. ![]() Also in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ninsun is summoned by Gilgamesh and Enkidu to help pray to the god Utu to help the two on their journey to the Country of the Living to battle Humbaba. Since the father of Gilgamesh was former king Lugalbanda, it stands to reason that Ninsun procreated with Lugalbanda to give birth. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess Ninsun is depicted as a human queen who lives in Uruk with her son as king of the land. While Ninsun appears not to have been associated with other goddesses of the Middle East, she was also close to the goddesses Baba and Gatumdu, and through this connection also became associated with the healing goddess Gula. Gula in the latter became a Babylonian goddess. ![]() The goddess Ninsun was called Gula in Sumerian Mythology until the name was later changed to Ninisina. ![]()
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