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Sīn /ˈsiːn/ or Suen (Akkadian: 𒂗𒍪 EN.ZU, pronounced Su'en, Sîn) or Nanna (Sumerian: 𒀭𒋀𒆠 DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) was the god of the moon in the Mesopotamian religions of Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with the Semitic Sīn. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sīn's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north. A moon god by the same name was also worshiped in South Arabia.

He was also known as En-zu, which means "lord of wisdom".

Sin in Pop Culture[]

  • Nanna appears in the Chronicles of the Nephilim-series of fantasy book by Brian Godawa. Like all pagan deities in the series, he is actually a fallen angel and is identified with the watcher named Tamiel.
  • Sin is featured among the Sumerian figures in the free-to-play online social strategy game Destiny of Spirits.
  • Within the universe of the SCP Foundation, the god appears in the article SCP-3740.

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