What was Gula the goddess of?

Gula was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine. While initially only associated with Umma, she gradually eclipsed the other healing goddesses (Ninisina, Ninkarrak, Nintinugga; as well as Bau, sometimes regarded as a healing goddess), becoming the preeminent deity of medicine.

Who is Gula Kingdom Hearts?

Gula is a Keyblade Master who appears in Kingdom Hearts χ. He is a Foreteller and the leader of the Leopardos Union. He is also an apprentice of the Master of Masters.

Is there a goddess of dogs?

Originally Gula was a Sumerian deity known as Bau (or Baba), goddess of dogs. People noticed that when dogs licked their sores, they seemed to heal faster, and so dogs became associated with healing and Bau transformed into a healing deity.

What did the Sumerians call god?

The major deities in the Sumerian pantheon included An, the god of the heavens, Enlil, the god of wind and storm, Enki, the god of water and human culture, Ninhursag, the goddess of fertility and the earth, Utu, the god of the sun and justice, and his father Nanna, the god of the moon.

Who was the Sumerian god of wisdom?

Nabu
Patron deity of Borsippa, god of wisdom and writing. In the first millennium BCE, Nabu is one of the most important Mesopotamian deities. First a minister of Marduk, he later becomes his co-regent at the head of the pantheon.

Who are the most important Sumerian goddesses?

Gula: Goddess of healing and patron of medicine. She helped breathe life into mankind after the Great Flood. Gula often appears as a woman with stars and her dog. Inanna: Goddess of love, war, and fertility. A personification of the morning and evening star.

How did Gula become the goddess of dogs?

Originally Gula was a Sumerian deity known as Bau (or Baba), goddess of dogs. People noticed that when dogs licked their sores, they seemed to heal faster, and so dogs became associated with healing and Bau transformed into a healing deity. When her worship spread from the city of Lagash to Isin, she became known as Ninisina (‘Lady of Isin’).

Who are the goddesses of Gula and Ninkarrak?

Relatively minor goddesses such as Nintinugga, Meme and Baba are also identified with Gula/Ninkarrak. In the Old Babylonian Period, several goddesses are syncretised with Gula, thereby becoming healing goddesses (see Baba and Ninisinna ( Richter 2004: 195).

Who was the goddess of healing in Mesopotamia?

Gula/Ninkarrak is a healing deity also known as Ninisinna, “Lady of Isin”. Neo-Assyrian stamp seal showing the goddess Gula sitting on a throne that rests on a dog (BM ME 130814). © The British Museum. View image on the British Museum’s website.