Ninagal- Mesopotamian GodDeity
Also known as: Nin-agal
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Domains
smithing
Description
Listed among the craft deities of Mesopotamia as patron of metalworking. Sumerian tradition gave each essential art its own god, and Ninagal governed the forge where ore became blade.
Mythology & Lore
The Divine Smith
Ninagal appears in Mesopotamian god-lists as the divine patron of metalworking. Sumerian tradition gave each civilizing art its own deity. Ninagal governed the forge.
No myths survive that tell his story. He exists in god-lists and in the understanding that metalworking, like writing or farming, was a divine gift, not a human invention. The smith who heated ore and hammered it into a weapon worked under Ninagal's authority.
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