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	Gilgamesh
		Ninsun creates Enkidu in the form of Anu except Enkidu is born full grown and covered in hair.
		Ninsun cries to Shamash, “Why such a trip?” She asks him for help that is of course for Gilgamesh.
		After the Ninsun adopted Enkidu, he went to the elders and listened to them, they said, “Enkidu, you are the most experienced fighter of anyone in Uruk so we want you to lead the way for the group.
	www.geocities.com /trpjwig/mideast/gilgamesh.html (17131 words)

	Alwanza: The Story of Humbaba
		Ninsun says "Shamash can protect you because you are my son, but Enkidu has no direct relation to Shamash.
		He must either dedicate himself to Shamash and live the rest of his life as a priest in the temple of Shamash, or he must take a wife who is chosen by Shamash and dedicate his children to Shamash." Gilgamesh hears the words of Shamash.
		You are the son of Ninsun and Lugalbanda.
	www.alwanza.com /art/humbaba2.html (1719 words)

	Gilgamesh free essays
		Some of the women that were noticed in the journey of Gilgamesh are Ninsun, Ishtar, and Siduri; the woman in the story made Gilgamesh stronger throughout the story.
		Ninsun was a minor goddess and also was Gilgameshes mother.
		Ninsun was the minor goddess of wisdom; she knew a lot about almost everything in the world at that time period.
	www.needfreeessays.com /viewpaper/28329.html (282 words)

	SparkNotes: Gilgamesh: Tablet I
		Gilgamesh’s mother was the Lady Wildcow Ninsun, a minor goddess noted for her wisdom, and Lugulbanda was his father.
		Ninsun tells him that both the rock and the axe represent the man he will soon contend with—the man who will become his most trusted companion and counselor, the friend who has the power to save him.
		Though Gilgamesh’s mother Ninsun plays a fairly significant role in the early parts of the story, we learn very little about his father.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/gilgamesh/section1.html (1209 words)

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		Narrator: Gilgamesh was two thirds god and one third man. His mother was the goddess Ninsun, and his father was the mortal Lugalbaba.
		Ninsun: That dream meant that Enkidu has the strength of the gods.
		Ninsun: Enkidu, even though you are not my true son, I am going to adopt you as my own.
	wigowsky.topcities.com /Gilgamesh/script.htm (1596 words)

	Journal: Ninsun Poli Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		Ninsun is a very talented singer/song writer from Sweden.
		She is the sister of my friend Nabu Poli who lives in LA. I had worked with Ninsun on a project a couple of years ago and I was amazed to see how much she has grown as a singer, she has got great pitch and her own style.
		I saw Ninsun performing unplugged last Saturday in Södertälje, Sweden, with just bass and guitar.
	www.bossa-usa.com /2005/07/ninsun-poli-project.html (208 words)

	The Gilgamesh Story by Tablet
		His mother was the temple priestess Ninsun (a mortal), and his father Lugalbanda, a Sumerian god.
		He was mystified by this dream and turned to his mother Ninsun for its interpretation.
		Ninsun asked the god Utu/Shamash (the Sumerian sun god) to protect her son on this dangerous mission.
	www.garone.net /tony/gilgastorytablet.html (2515 words)

	Making a Name Change or Choosing a Baby Name - What you need to know about name meanings
		Although the name Ninsun creates the urge to be versatile and ambitious, we stress that it causes blunt expression that alienates others.
		The name of Ninsun has given you the desire for creative, artistic or musical expression in an original way.
		You strive to be different and have the self-confidence to implement your ideas because you have the perseverance necessary to see something through, despite obstacles.
	www.kabalarians.com /female/ninsun.htm (380 words)

	Mykael -- the application (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		It should be noted that there are some conflicting information, depending on sources, as to which of these two was the god and which was the human.
		However, upon reading the Epic of Gilgamesh itself, it seems implied within that Lugalbanda was indeed the god and Ninsun a mere priestess.
		Gilgamesh was born from the god Lugalbanda and the priestess Ninsun.
	mush.mecreant.org /myk/app.htm (2142 words)

	GILGAMESH
		Ninsun informed the king that he should relax, for the dreams were a divine omen foretelling of the coming of the friend and equal for whom Gilgamesh had longed all his life.
		The anxiety of the king, however, was not diminished, for it seemed that the dream indicated that the coming "friend" would supplant him in his lordship over the people.
		Please intercede with Utu on my behalf, that I may meet my destiny with honor, for it is my desire to drive all that is hateful to Utu from the land." With those words, Gilgamesh and Enkidu took their leave of the Queen.
	www.worldhistory1a.homestead.com /GILGAMESH.html (2782 words)

	The Forgotten One (Gilgamesh, Hero, etc.)
		As Enkidu went to seek out Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was sent dreams of an axe and of a meteor by Ninsun which foretold the coming of Enkidu as a friend.
		Ninsun adopted Enkidu into her family, and had him swear to protect Gilgamesh.
		In the myths, Gilgamesh was the son of the gods Lugalbanda and Ninsun, and was 3/4 god and 1/4 human.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix2/gilgamesh.htm (4273 words)

	Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet III
		She will put the advisable path at our feet." Taking each other by the hand, Gilgamesh and Enkidu walked to the Egalmah ("Great Palace"), to Ninsun, the Great Queen.
		I must now travel a long way to where Humbaba is, I must face fighting such as I have not known, and I must travel on a road that I do not know!
		She washed herself with the purity plant, she donned a robe worthy of her body, she donned jewels worthy of her chest, she donned her sash, and put on her crown.
	www.ancienttexts.org /library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/tab3.htm (376 words)

	Healing of Gilgamesh - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
		Gilgamesh, of the offspring of Lugulbanda, the son of the revered Cow Ninsun, Pledged to the Sun God, Utu, he was two thirds god, one third man. Gilgamesh, the heroic Ancestor of Uruk, I sing you praises!
		Gilgamesh: Great Ninsun, Beloved Mother,You, who are the chosen of Utu, the Sun God and Light of the Day, Bride of the Light Bearer, who are skilled in divining the ways dreams unfold, I bid you to hear what I have to say.
		The Hierodule, Ninsun, Inanna and Siduri (all veiled, pick up the plant and say): We retrieve that which is Ours: Life of the Spirit, Self-Transcendence, Change and Growth, never selfish, always Generous as many lives unfold.
	www.gatewaystobabylon.com /myths/texts/retellings/temple.htm (5596 words)

	Gilgamesh and Gugalanna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		One day Gilgamesh's mother, the goddess Ninsun, handed him his Axe of the Road and told him to wash it in the river by the juniper trees.
		This was a task that he had carried out many times before, and one he had grown quite used to.
		"Her tender touch would weaken your warrior's arm." Ninsun knew that the goddess of war would not help her son's warrior nature if she was sleeping with him.
	www.angelfire.com /oz/lessthanlucid/myth12.html (543 words)

	NINSUN : The deity from Mesopotamian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		NINSUN: Cow Goddess of Wisdom, and best known as the mother of GILGAMESH.
		Dissatisfied farmers would point to her effigy and harangue their livestock: "Now that's what I call a cow.
		NINSUN also has the power of divination and can reveal the secrets contained in dreams.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/mesopotamian-mythology.php?deity=NINSUN (127 words)

	Fretting
		All the while Ninsun was looking at, no, enraptured with, my harps injuries and travel worn parts...
		I came to realize that Louis was looking at me almost the same distracted way that Ninsun appeared to be intent on my instrument.
		As I ponder, Ninsun scurries away muttering something about taking good care of my harp and not to fret about it.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/23141 (205 words)

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		Gilgamesh, the son of Ninsun, lies in the tomb.
		At the place of offerings he weighed the bread-offering, at the place of libation he poured out the wine.
		In those days the lord Gilgamesh departed, the son of Ninsun, the kung, peerless, without an equal among men, who did not neglect Enlil his master.
	lycos.com /info/gilgamesh--men.html (199 words)

	Gilgamesh: Armor of War
		Ninsun saw the future and knew her son would be king and tried to instill noble values in him.
		It was then that what Ninsun hoped for came to pass—the two of them realized how foolish they were being and started a friendship instead.
		Gilgamesh became more sensitive to the people around him through his relationship with Enkidu, but he was still somewhat arrogant and headstrong.
	members.tripod.com /DonnaSmith_2/gilgamesh.htm (1019 words)

	Ninsun - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		En la mitología sumeria, Ninsun es una diosa, conocida por ser la madre del legendario héroe Gilgamesh.
		En el Poema de Gilgamesh, Ninsun es retratada como una reina humana que vive en Uruk con su hijo como rey.
		Como el padre de Gilgamesh era Lugalbanda, se entiende que Ninsun procreó con él para dar a luz al héroe.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninsun (122 words)

	ATTENTION: The Mesopotamian Mythology - aliraqi Community
		Daughter of Enki and Ninsun, sister of Tammuz.
		Son of Enki and Ninsun, brother of Geshtinanna.
		He was a simple poor shepherd feeding his sheep in the fields, then he fell in love with Ishtar and married her, but later he betrayed her and therefore, had to be punished.
	www.aliraqi.org /forums/showthread.php?t=22400 (1247 words)

	World of Torr Forums: Lady of Igmar
		Loud cheering can be heard coming from Ninsun Mater’s wee tree trunk in Berrymuck.
		The word from Igmar has just arrived with the news that Ninsun’s dear friend Rachelle is now the new Lady of Igmar.
		The Monk and Ninsun share a bottle of the bubbly as they cheer and toast their close friend.
	www.worldoftorr.com /wwizforum/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4241 (159 words)

	Ninsun - Definitions from Dictionary.com
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	dictionary.reference.com /browse/Ninsun (52 words)

	Gilgamesh and Huwawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		No one really knows where in the mountains you live; they would like to know where in the mountains you live.
		Gilgamec's fellow-citizens who had come with him began to lop off the branches and bundle them together, so as to lay them down at the foot of the hills.
		You have manhandled me; yet you had sworn an oath, by the life of your own mother Ninsun and of your father, holy Lugalbanda.
	www.earth-history.com /Sumer/sumer-gilgamesh-huwawa.htm (4048 words)

	commentary2
		His mother: Ninsun ("Lady Wild Cow," a minor goddess)
		Here, Lugalbanda is the name of Ninsun's immortal husband, but this would make Gilgamesh immortal.
		A reasonable assumption is that the nonhistorical mortal king Lugalbanda became immortalized in later tradition.
	www.unlv.edu /Faculty/jmstitt/Eng446/gilcom2.html (187 words)

	CLC023 Sex and Culture Lecture 6
		At the end of Tablet one, two prophetic dreams are described and then interpreted for the King by his mother, the goddess Ninsun.
		When Ninsun interprets these dream objects, she reveals that they both stand for the same thing â“ or rather the same person.
		Gilgamesh's Mom Ninsun is pretty clear about the sexual fantasies her son is having, though he himself is quite clueless until she point it out to him.
	instruct.uwo.ca /mod-lang/clc023/lecture6.html (2034 words)

	The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Spiritual Biography by W. T. S. Thackara
		Puzzled as to their meaning, he went to his mother, the wise goddess Ninsun, who "untied the dreams." She told him that both the star of heaven and the axe were his companion who was coming.
		Back in the mountain wilderness, at the same moment that Ninsun is enlightening Gilgamesh, the courtesan does the same for Enkidu: "When I look at you, you have become like a god.
		This is confirmed when his mother Ninsun prays to Shamash (man's solar and solarizing principle), asking why he gave Gilgamesh such a restless heart: "Now you push him to go on a long journey to the place of Humbaba, to face a battle he cannot know about, and travel a road he cannot know.
	www.theosophy-nw.org /theosnw/world/mideast/mi-wtst.htm (7792 words)

	From Myth To Mind
		Gilgamesh reveals his dream of the meteor to his mother, Ninsun, who interprets it.
		Enkidu reveals his dream of death just before he dies.
		Ninsun, mother of Gilgamesh, is a goddess who is noted for her wisdom...." [Gardner and Maier, 84].
	www.wbenjamin.org /nc/dec21.html (1654 words)

	Reading Guide: Gilgamesh
		Why is Ninsun an appropriate character to interpret Gilgamesh’s dreams?
		Enkidu arrives in town and challenges Gilgamesh on his wedding day to Ishtar, the goddess of love and war.
		Gilgamesh seeks the advice of his mother, Ninsun, who further seeks the advice of Shamash, the sun god.
	ksumail.kennesaw.edu /~shagin/WLGilgameshRGSP04.html (2243 words)

	Gilgamesh, Akkadian Cycle: The Death of Gilgamesh
		For Gilgamesh, son of Ninsun, they weighed out their offerings; his dear wife, his son, his concubine, his musicians, his jester, and all his household; his servants, his stewards, all who lived in the palace weighed out their offerings for Gilgamesh the son of Ninsun, the heart of Uruk.
		For Samuqan, god of the herds, for the mother Ninhursag, and the gods of creation in the place of creation, for the host of heaven, priest and priestess weighed out the offering of the dead.
		In those days the lord Gilgamesh departed, the son of Ninsun, the king, peerless, without an equal among men, who did not neglect Enlil his master.
	users.tpg.com.au /etr/gilgm/tex/death.html (646 words)

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