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Ninsun(a)

Ninsun(a), lady wild cow, Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian), is the cow goddess, a tutelary goddess of Gudea or Lagas. She was consort of the Sumerian heroic King Lugalbanda and identified as mother of the hero Gilgames. A.G.H.

Source:

Jordan, Michael, Encyclopedia of Gods, New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1993, p. 186