Crossword clues for ningirsu
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ningirsu \Ningirsu\ prop. n. (Babylonian mythology) The Babylonian god of war and agriculture, in an older pantheon.
Usage examples of "ningirsu".
The brewery was actually attached to the main temple of Ningirsu, the patron god of Girsu.
The Ummites would tear down the idols of Ningirsu and replace them with those of their god Shara, son of Inanna, hero of An.
In order to maintain the large household represented by such an organization as that of the temple of Enlil of Nippur, that of Ningirsu at Lagash, that of Marduk at Babylon, or that of Shamash at Sippar, large holdings of land were required which, cultivated by agents for the priests, or farmed out with stipulations for a goodly share of the produce, secured an income for the maintenance of the temple officials.