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Dumuzid

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Not to be confused with Dumuzid the Fisherman.
"Tammuz" redirects here. For other uses, see Tammuz (disambiguation).

Dumuzid
God of shepherds and fertility
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Ancient Sumerian depiction of the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzid[1]
AbodeHeaven (for half the year) Kur (for the other half)
Personal information
ParentsSirtur and an unknown father
SiblingsGeshtinanna (sister), Amashilama (not usually, but in some texts said to be his sister)
ConsortInanna (later known as Ishtar)
Equivalents
Greek equivalentAdonis
East Semitic equivalentTammuz
Levantine equivalentTammuz/Adonis

Dumuzid (Sumerian: