Ninti

Ninti
Major cult centerLagash
Genealogy
SpouseEnki
ChildrenNinkasi, Siris

Ninti (Sumerian: 𒀭𒎏𒋾; "mistress of life"[1]) was a Mesopotamian goddess worshiped in Lagash. She was regarded as the mother of Ninkasi. She also appears in the myth Enki and Ninhursag as one of the deities meant to soothe the eponymous god's pain. In this text, her name is reinterpreted first as "lady rib" and then as "lady of the month" through scribal word play.

  1. ^ Selz 1995, p. 266.