the portrayal of Ninlil in Enlil and Sud was informed by her position in the state pantheon of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Other myths Sud appears in some copies of Nanna-Suen's Journey to Nippur, though more known copies mention the goddess Ninirigal in the same passage instead. Manfred Krebernik assumes this might indicate they were sometimes conflated. Ninirigal, "lady of the Irigal," was the wife of Girra. This goddess appears in association with healing deities such as Gula/Meme and Bau elsewhere, but contrary to conclusions in older scholarship shows no affinity with Inanna, despite also being associated with the territory of Uruk. Ninlil is mentioned in a myth only known from a single Old Babylonian fragment detailing the origin of the god Ishum. He is described as a son of Ninlil and Shamash who was abandoned in the streets. It is assumed that this myth represents a relic of the association between Sud, identified with Ninlil, and Sudaĝ, one of the names of the wife of sun god. Ishum was usually regarded as the son of this couple instead. Manfred Krebernik considers the composition to be the result of confusion between the names Sud and Sudaĝ, and thus between Ninlil and Ishum's mother, rather than syncretism. References Bibliography External links Enlil and Ninlil in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Enlil and Sud in the ETCSL An adab to Ninlil (Ninlil A) in the ETCSL The Temple Hymns in the ETCSL Nanna-Suen's Journey to Nippur in the ETCSL Mesopotamian goddesses Hurrian deities