Mami is a
goddess in the
Babylonian epic
Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with
Ninhursag
, deity_of=Mother goddess, goddess of fertility, mountains, and rulers
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. 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 slew one among themselves and used that god's blood and flesh, mixed with clay, to create humankind. Also known as Belet-ili, or Nintu.
References
Mesopotamian goddesses
Creator goddesses
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