'''ニンギジッタ'''(Ningishzida、シュメール語:𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄑𒍣𒁕、DNIN-G̃IŠ-ZID-DA, おそらく「良い木の主」の意)は、メソポタミアの植物、地下世界、時には戦争を司る神であった。ニンギジッタは一般的に蛇と関連している。ドゥムジと同じく、1年のうちの一部の期間を死者の国で過ごすと信じられていた。また、父の[[ニンアズ]]と多くの機能を分担していた。
神話では通常、ニンギジッタは冥界に登場するが、[[アダパ]]の神話では天空神アヌの門番の一人として描かれている。
'''Ningishzida''' ([[Sumerian]]: {{cuneiform|𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄑𒍣𒁕}} <sup>[[dingir|D]]</sup>NIN-G̃IŠ-ZID-DA, possible meaning "Lord [of the] Good Tree") was a [[List of Mesopotamian deities|Mesopotamian deity]] of [[vegetation]], the [[Ancient Mesopotamian underworld|underworld]] and sometimes war. He was commonly associated with snakes. Like [[Dumuzi]], he was believed to spend a part of the year in the land of the dead. He also shared many of his functions with his father [[Ninazu]]. In myths he usually appears in an underworld setting, though in the myth of [[Adapa]] he is instead described as one of the doorkeepers of the sky god Anu. == Name 名前 ==
[[Thorkild Jacobsen]] proposed that the [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] name ''Ningishzida'' can be explained as "lord of the good tree." This translation is still accepted by other Assyriologists today.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998|p=368}}{{sfn|Vacín|2011|p=253}} Various syllabic spellings are known, including ''<sup>[[dingir|d]]</sup>Ni-gi-si-da'', ''<sup>d</sup>Nin-nigi-si-da'', ''<sup>d</sup>Nin-ki-zi-da'' and ''<sup>d</sup>Nin-gi-iz-zi-da''.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998|p=368}}