Nammu’s Family Tree

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Family

• Anu(spouse),Enki(child)— Consort

  Anu and the primordial sea goddess Nammu begot Enki, lord of wisdom and the underground waters, in Sumerian tradition.

  ⚠ The Enuma Elish traces Enki's (Ea's) lineage differently, making him a descendant of Anshar and Kishar through a separate cosmogonic line.

• Anu(child),Ki(child)— Miraculous

  From Nammu, the boundless primeval sea, emerged An the heaven and Ki the earth — the first separation of the cosmos from undifferentiated waters.

Created

• Lullu

  Nammu shaped Lullu, the first human, from clay drawn above the Abzu at Enki's instruction, kneading the primordial substance so that the gods might be relieved of their toil.

Associated with

• Enki

  When the gods groaned under the burden of labor, Nammu gathered their tears and bore them to her sleeping son Enki in the Abzu, rousing him to devise a solution — the creation of humankind.

• Ninhursag

  Nammu and Ninhursag together shaped the first humans from clay above the Abzu, with Nammu providing the primordial substance and Ninhursag molding it into human form at the urging of Enki.