Gods and Goddesses
Middle Eastern
Akkadian-Babylonian
Ninsun(a) (lady wild cow)

TYPE: Cow Goddess

ORIGIN: Mesopotamian (Akkadian-Babylonian and Sumerian)

INFORMATION: Tutelary goddess of Gudea of Lagas. Consort of the Sumerian heroic king Lugalbanda and also identified as the mother of the hero Gilgames.