1) An underworld deity 2) Health god 3) Mesopotamian god 4) Semitic deity 
Ningishzida (sum: dnin-g̃iš-zid-da) is a Mesopotamian deity of the underworld. His name in Sumerian is translated as `lord of the good tree` by Thorkild Jacobsen. In Sumerian mythology, he appears in Adapa`s myth as one of the two guardians of Anu`s celestial palace, alongside Dumuzi. He was sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head....
in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city god of Gishbanda, near Ur in the southern orchard region. Although Ningishzida was a power of the ... [1 related articles]
[n] - (Babylonian) an underworld deity
noun an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine