Ninsar- Mesopotamian GodDeity"Lady of Plants"
Also known as: Ninšar
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Description
The first daughter born in the paradise of Dilmun, where Enki watered the earth and lay with Ninhursag. After nine days Ninsar emerged, Lady of Plants. When she walked by the riverbank, her own father desired her, beginning a chain of seductions across four generations.
Mythology & Lore
The First Daughter
In the paradise of Dilmun, a pure land where no bird called and no wolf prowled, the water god Enki flooded the earth with fresh water at Ninhursag's request. He then lay with the earth mother, and after a pregnancy of only nine days, Ninsar was born: Lady of Plants.
When Ninsar walked by the riverbank, Enki saw her and desired her. He lay with his own daughter, and she bore Ninkurra, Lady of the Mountain. Enki repeated the pattern with Ninkurra, who bore Uttu, the goddess of weaving. Each generation came in nine days.
The Reckoning
The cycle broke with Uttu. Ninhursag warned her great-granddaughter against Enki, and when he seduced her regardless, the earth mother intervened. She took Enki's seed from Uttu and planted it in the ground, growing eight sacred plants. Enki consumed them all. Ninhursag's fury was absolute: she cursed him with wasting sickness in eight organs and departed, leaving him to die.