Dumuzid

Dumuzid (Sumerian: Dumu, "child, son" + Zi(d), "faithful, true") can refer to:

Dumuzid the Shepherd, an antediluvian king according to Sumerian mythology;
Dumuzid, the Fisherman, a king of the 1st Dynasty of Uruk named on the Sumerian king list;
Tammuz (deity), a Babylonian deity derived from one or both of the above.

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