Dumuzid the Shepherd

fertility God; king of Sumer
Person dying_and_rising_deity Q2428612
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Dumuzid the Shepherd

Summary

Dumuzid the Shepherd is a dying-and-rising deity[1]. He draws 68 Wikipedia views per month (dying_and_rising_deity category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Among Dumuzid the Shepherd's spouses was Inanna[3].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's image is recorded as Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi.png[4].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd is recorded as male[5].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's instance of is recorded as dying-and-rising deity[6].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's instance of is recorded as human whose existence is disputed[7].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's noble title is recorded as tsar[8].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's Commons category is recorded as Dumuzi[9].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m72r0[10].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's present in work is recorded as Sumerian King List[11].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's different from is recorded as Dumuzid[12].
  • Dumuzid the Shepherd's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtS76UaiDh4w[13].

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Personal Life

Among Dumuzid the Shepherd's spouses was Inanna[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Dumuzid the Shepherd include Tammuz[14], a god[15].

Why It Matters

Dumuzid the Shepherd draws 68 Wikipedia views per month (dying_and_rising_deity category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for him include Tammuz[14], a god[15].

FAQs

Who was Dumuzid the Shepherd married to?

Dumuzid the Shepherd's spouses include Inanna[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Sumerian King List. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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