(Sumerian and Babylonian) a solar deity

• Sometimes identified with Biblical Nimrod
• God of war and the chase and agriculture
• First-born of Bel and consort was Gula

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Ninurta was a Sumerian and the Akkadian god of hunting and war. He was worshipped in Babylonia and Assyria and in Lagash he was identified with the city god Ningirsu . In older transliteration the name is rendered Ninib and Ninip , and in early commentary ...