TYPE: Chthonic Goddess
ORIGIN: Mesopotamian (Sumerian)
INFORMATION: The sister of Dumuzi and consort of Ningisida. The so-called "Heavenly grape-vine", this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of Inana and Ereskigal. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.