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Ninurta (Nin Ur) in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology was the god of Nippur, identified with Ningirsu with whom he may always have been identical. In older transcriptions the name is rendered Ninib and in older commentary he is sometimes seen as a solar deity. In Nippur Ninurta was worshipped as part of a triad of deities including his father Enlil and his mother Ninlil. In variant mythology, his mother is said to be Ninhursag. Ninurta often appears holding a bow and arrow and a mace named Car-ur to which he speaks when attacking the monster Asag, and which answers back. Car-ur often takes the form of a winged lion. In one story Ninurta battles such a monster called Imdugud (Akkadian Anzu). In what may be an alternate version, another text relates how the monster Anzu steals the Tablets of Destiny which Enlil requires to maintain his rule. Ninurta slays each of the monsters later known as the "Slain Heroes" (the Dragon, the Gypsum, the Palm Tree King, Lord Saman-ana, the bison-beast, the scorpion-man, the seven-headed serpent), and finally Anzu is eventually killed by Ninurta who delivers the Tablet to his father, Enlil.
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