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Nanna was another name for the Sumerian moon god Sin. Born to Ninlil when Enlil raped her. He decides the fate of the dead.
Nanna
Another name for moon god Sin. Born to Ninlil when Enlil raped her. He decides the fate of the dead.
Sin
A Sumerian crescent moon god, Sin was depicted as "fierce young bull, thick of horns, perfect of limbs, with a beautiful bird of blue". Other phases of the moon were Nanna the full Moon, and Asimbabbar, the new moon.

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