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Nammu

American  
[nah-moo] / ˈnɑ mu /

noun

  1. a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.

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Nammu is given as the Sumerian name or title of Zikum in Cuneiform Texts, xii. p.

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