"The man whose knees are paralysed has not prayed devoutly to Nintud."
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Mami (goddess)
Mami is a goddess in the Babylonian epic and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with . She was involved in the creation of humankind from clay and blood. As Nintu legends states she pinched off fourteen pieces of primordial clay which she formed into womb deities, seven on the left and seven on the right with a brick between them, who produced the first seven pairs of human embryos. She may have become Belet Ili ("Mistress of the Gods") when, at Enki's suggestion, the gods sl
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