THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH English version by N. K. ... - Rosemike.net

NAMTAR: Fate, destiny in its evil aspect; pictured as a demon of the underworld,
also a messenger and chief minister of Ereshkigal; a bringer of disease and
pestilence.
NEDU: See Neti.
NERGAL: Underworld god, sometimes the husband of Ereshkigal, he is the
subject of an Akkadian poem which describes his translation from heaven to the
underworld; plague-god.
NETI: The Sumerian form of Nedu, the chief gate-keeper in the underworld.
NINDUKUGGA: With Endukugga, parental gods living in the underworld.
NINGAL: Wife of the Moon God and mother of the Sun.
NINGIRSU: An earlier form of Ninurta; god of irrigation and fertility, he had a field
near Lagash where all sorts of plants flourished; he was the child of a she-goat.
NINGIZZIDA: Also Gizzida; a fertility god, addressed as 'Lord of the Tree of Life';
sometimes he is a serpent with human head, but later he was a god of healing and
magic; the companion of Tammuz, with whom he stood at the gate of heaven.
NINHURSAG: Sumerian mother-goddess; one of the four principal Sumerian gods
with An, Enlil, and Enki; sometimes the wife of Enki, she created all vegetation. The
name means 'the Mother'; she is also called 'Nintu', lady of birth, and Ki, the earth.
NINKI: The 'mother' of Enlil, probably a form of Ninhursag.
NINLIL: Goddess of heaven, earth, and air and in one aspect of the underworld;
wife of Enlil and mother of the Moon; worshipped with Enlil in Nippur.
NINSUN: The mother of Gilgamesh, a minor goddess whose house was in Uruk;
she was noted for wisdom, and was the wife of Lugulbanda.
NINURTA: The later form of Ningirsu; a warrior and god of war, a herald, the south
wind, and god of wells and irrigation. According to one poem he once dammed up the
bitter waters of the underworld and conquered various monsters.
NISABA: Goddess of grain.
NISIR: Probably means 'Mountain of Salvation'; sometimes identified with the Pir
Oman Gudrun range south of the lower Zab, or with the biblical Ararat north of Lake
Van.
PUZUR-AMURRI: The steersman of Utnapishtim during the flood.
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