Nammu

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Ancient Middle Eastern deities
Levantine Semitic deities
Amurru \| Anat \| Asherah \| Astarte \| Baʿal \| Dagon \| El \| Hadad \| Mot \| Yaw
Names of God in Judaism
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Mesopotamian deities
Adad \| An/Anu \| Anshar \| Asshur \| Abzu/Apsu \| Enki/Ea \| Enlil \| Ereshkigal \| Inanna/Ishtar \| Kingu \| Kishar \| Lahmu & Lahamu \| Marduk \| Mummu \| Nabu \| Nammu \| Nanna/Sin \| Nergal \| Ninhursag/Damkina \| Ninlil \| Tiamat \| Utu/Shamash
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In Sumerian mythology, Nammu (more properly Namma [1]) is the Sumerian creation goddess. If the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish is based on a Sumerian myth, which seems likely, Nammu/Namma is the Sumerian goddess of the primeval sea that gave birth to heaven and earth and the first gods. She was probably the first personification of the constellation which the Babylonians later called Tiamat and the Greeks called Cetus and represented the Apsu, the fresh water ocean which the Sumerians believed lay beneath the earth, the source of life-giving water and fertility in a country with almost no rainfall.

As Nammu/Namma is the goddess of the fertile waters, An is the god of the sky. Nammu/Namma and her son Enki created mankind as assistants for the gods. Enki is the god of human culture who also presides over the Absu.