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There are many Turkish folk songs having the word “ninni” or the word groups related to ninni such as “nenni - ninni –ninna – tanani – nini - nanninniya – ninniya - ninnana - ninninih- ninanaydam - ninninam – ninom – nina - ninay nom – ninanay – ninalar -nina nininam - narinay ninanay – ninayna - ninay ayda ninay - nina nam nina nina nam - ninina nina - nirinna ninay nay - tanina ninaynam - tanina taninaynam - dina nininam nina nay nam - dinanam dinanam dina nay nam - nina nana nana nina nanana na - ninanay nay - nina nini nam –ninanan - ninnayi ninnayi - ninnay da ninnari nannari nam - ninnay ninnay - ninna ninna - ninna ninnanam - nininna nirinah nirinna niya –nanay- ninno ninno nino” etc. All these words take place in the poems of the Turkish folk songs called as Türkü, Semah, or Deyiş. About 170 samples of folk songs having these words were collected from different regions of Turkey. In these folk songs the above words and word groups point to “Înanna” that is wellknown goddess of Sumer. The other name of Goddess Înanna is “Ninni”. This is also common and shared name in Mesopotamia and in environment cultures with some modifications of the word such as “Nene, Nina, Nana, Nine” etc. All these words point to “The Lady” that is the Queen and the Goddess of the Heaven and she is a great helper of the women in marriage, procreation and sex problems. In Sumer the women have believed that Înanna have always reached and helped them wherever they are and whenever they need. That is why in lullabies and in 170 Turkish folk songs related with the subjects “women-marriage-born-baby-child-sleep” have the word “Ninni” and very close words of it. Between Sumer and Anatolia there were a very close relationship in trade, cultural affairs, music, and beliefs etc. One of the goddess names of Hittites is “Hannahanna” that means “grandmother” just like today’s “Anneanne” in Turkish language in Anatolia. This is also very close in phonetic spelling and in meaning to goddess Înanna. Since thousands of years Sumer culture and the cultures of Anatolia were in a close relationship. Turkish people came to Anatolia from Central Asia and maintained their own culture mutually interacting with the Anatolian old cultures. As a result of this mutually interacting, some words just like “Ninni, Nenni, Nen, Nanay, etc.” took part in Turkish folk songs called as Türkü, Deyiş, and Semah. Finally, all these words in Turkish folk songs “Nen, Ninni, Nenni, Nana, etc.” transferred from the old believing and praying times to Goddess Înanna (Ninni) of both Sumer and Anatolia.

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