Ninmena
Sign in to saveNinmena was a Mesopotamian goddess who represented the deified crown. She was closely associated with the deified scepter, Ninĝidru, and with various goddesses of birth, such as Ninhursag.
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Ninmena was a Mesopotamian goddess who represented the deified crown. She was closely associated with the deified scepter, Ninĝidru, and with various goddesses of birth, such as Ninhursag.
==Name and character== The name Ninmena means "mistress of the crown," and is an example of a typical Sumerian theonym formed as a combination of the cuneiform sign nin and the name of a location or object. It is not certain if the goddess Men ("crown") known from the Early Dynastic Zame Hymns, apparently worshiped in Uruk and Sippar, should be considered analogous to Ninmena. However, the deity dMen or dMen-na known from late copies of the Weidner god list is agreed to be a form of Ninmena.