Dumuzi Alternative parentage: Ea[R69] God of fertility, flocks, grain, herds and god of the underworld.[R69] Worshipped from c. 3500 BC (or earlier) to c. 200 BC.[J22] Tutelary god of Bad-tibira.[J22] Commanded by Inanna to enter the underworld for a period of time which accounts for seasonal drought periods.[J22] He changed into a gazelle to escape the underworld, but was caught and sent back.[J22] Also Akkadian-Babylonian.[J22] |
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