Nanshe’s Family Tree

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Family

• Enki(parent),Ninhursag(parent),Ninsar(sibling)— Consort

  Enki and Ninhursag begot Ninsar, Lady of Plants, in the paradise of Dilmun, and Nanshe, goddess of social justice and dream interpretation, in the hymnic tradition of Lagash.

• Nindara(spouse)— Marriage

  Nindara was the divine husband of Nanshe, worshipped alongside her at the E-sirara temple in the marshlands of Lagash.

Associated with

• Gudea

  When Gudea received a dream commanding him to build the E-ninnu temple, he could not understand the vision and journeyed to Nanshe's shrine, where the goddess of dream interpretation revealed the meaning of each sign and set him on the path to build Ningirsu's house.