Sin’s Family Tree

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Family

• Enlil(parent),Ninlil(parent),Enbilulu(sibling),Nergal(sibling),Ninazu(sibling)— Marriage

  Enlil impregnated Ninlil by a canal in Nippur, and the gods banished him to the underworld. Ninlil followed, and along the way Enlil fathered three substitute deities — Nergal, Ninazu, and Enbilulu — so that their firstborn Sin could ascend to heaven.

  ⚠ The Enlil and Ninlil text names Nergal among Enlil's underworld sons, while An = Anum lists him under Anu's lineage.

• Ningal(spouse),Ereshkigal(child),Inanna(child),Shamash(child)— Marriage

  Sin the moon god and his consort Ningal bore Shamash who lights the day, Inanna who rules love and war, and Ereshkigal who reigns over the dead — a family whose children divide the cosmos between sun, earth, and underworld.

  ⚠ Ereshkigal's parentage varies across traditions. Some texts make her a daughter of Anu rather than Sin and Ningal, though her status as Inanna's sister is consistent.

Member of

• Anunnaki

  The Anunnaki, the great gods of heaven and earth, assembled at Nippur to decree the fates of gods and mortals — their collective verdicts shaping the course of creation, sending floods to destroy mankind, and raising or casting down kings and deities alike.

Equivalent to

• Yarikh(Canaanite)

  Sin and Yarikh descend from a common Semitic lunar deity, both serving as the moon god and divine timekeeper in their respective traditions, with their identity confirmed in bilingual god-lists at Ugarit.