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Third, the rclationship betvecn Nana, noon-god, and bull in Mcsopotamian myth.

s nane‫ ﺃ‬٠٠٠" (Lord Wild B١١١ 5, 'th١١s in the south"(٧Eenfsiunnd, a group of city gods

sely rclated ١o ١arsh life a١d its primary cconomies, ... the Bull-god and Moon-god

an٨n''٩. ١[Jacobson's book, 'Th١e Treasures of Darkness', hc points to the above relation

follows, the worshippers as thc horns of a horncd crown, emblen of authority, and so fill

١1 to the imagc of a r١lcr ... Th١٥n the image changes : thc horns bccome bull's horns and

ll up thc inage of young bu١P7.

Nanna did bclong to the fanily of herdnan's gods of cities, "in the south around the
re'8a٦nc,ient Euphrateg‫ ﻭﺭﺯ ﻥ‬which thcir 'charactcristic for this pantheon of the herdsmen
a pronincnce of astral dcities : thc moon-god, U‫ﺍ‬u, the sun-god, Inanna, the morning and
ening star ٠٠٠ And the "‫""ﻱﺈﺠﺑ‬H. e had three major names, which are related to the moon's
ovemcnts in the sky. -His name Nanna may have dcsignated him particularly as the full
bon; another of his names, Ensun, (Lord Wild Bull), as the half-moon; a third,
shimbabbar, as the new lighw20 Finally, there is the journey of Nanna to Nipper in which
is, 'clearly the heroes of an annual ritual journey of the image of emblem of the god by
١at from Ur to Nipper andc bae١?'‫ﺏ‬.

Nanna, and si festivals which were held in his name were monthly or annual cvents,
ch with a different name, a1 different times, according to the day of the month, or as
nually, nmainly depending upon the moon's movements in sky, and finally for other
fferent reasons.

The ifrst festival, called ''eses' (i.e. ''all temple' or ''general') festivals was celebrated
‫ ﺍ‬the first, seventh, and fifteenth of the month during the Third Dynasty of Uw22

hTe second festival, when sepcial offerings were made on the day when the moon was
visible and thought to be dead, "Ud-nu-a', (the day of lying down), the day Nanna went to
e netherworld to judge and made administrative decisions there with the ethnic deities,

nki' and "Nin;;‫ﺔﺗ‬

hTe third festival, was held annually at new year, 7ag-mu-(-ak), which, in Ur, probably
] at the beginning of the moon "Mashdagu'?٩.

hTe fourth fsetival was the Akiti festival of Nanna in the tweltfh month, when offerings
were recorded5

Toward the lmage, Page 25.
The Treasures of Darkness, Page 25.
• lbid, Page 28.
• Toward the image, Page 25.
١bid, Page 25.
lbid, Page 25.
• lbid, Page 237.
• The Teasures of Darkness, Page 122.
• ١bid, Page 122.
Ibid, Page 124.
• lbid, Page 126.

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