Damu

Anunnaki deity of healing and vegetation, associated with renewal and rebirth.

Core Themes

• Healing and seasonal cycles.
• Linked to Geshtinanna.

Related Concepts & Sources

Ninazu (healing deity), Sumerian Mythology (context), Underworld (theme)

Scholarly entry: Damu (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Avalos, H. 1995. Illness and Health Care in the Ancient Near East: The Role of the Temple in Mesopotamia, Greece and Israel. Atlanta: Scholars Press.
• Ebeling, E. 1938. "Damu." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 2 , pp. 115-116. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Jacobsen, T. 1962. "Toward the image of Tammuz" History of Religions 1 : 189-213.
• Kramer, S.N. 1983 "The weeping goddess: Sumerian prototypes of the mater dolorosa." Biblical Archaeologist 46/2 : 69-80.