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Sin (mythology)
Sin
(
Akkadian
: ) or
Nanna
(
Sumerian
: ) was the
god of the moon
in the
Mesopotamian mythology
of
Akkad
,
Assyria
and
Babylonia
. Nanna is a
Sumerian
deity, the son of
Enlil
and
Ninlil
, and became identified with
Semitic
Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were
Ur
in the south of Mesopotamia and
Harran
in the north.
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