Ninsianna was a Mesopotamian deity considered the personification of the planet Venus, and the theonym also served as the name of the planet itself in astronomical texts until the end of the Old Babylonian period. Ninsianna's gender varied by location, with both feminine and masculine forms of the deity worshiped, and through their shared connection to Venus, Ninsianna was associated with the goddess Inanna. The deity Kabta appears alongside Ninsianna in many texts, though the exact character of the relationship between them remains unclear. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Identity
GenderAndrogynous / dual-gendered 2 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Nicole Brisch (ed.), Oracc / Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, 2011Ninsianna, SumerianView the Source Wikipedia, "Ninsianna"
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