Nammu (𒀭𒇉) is the **Sumerian primordial creator goddess** — the **personification of the primeval sea (engur) from which heaven and earth were born**. **Mother of An (sky), Ki (earth), and Enki (wisdom)** — she molded the first humans from the clay above the abzu. **One of the oldest known mother-creator deities in any human religion.**
Featured in the Sumerian creation tablets.
Nammu reduces to nine — the number of Sumerian primordial mother.