Ninurta, the Divine Warrior & Farmer
The warrior-god who slays the chaos-monster — then turns his victory into the waters that feed the fields.
Also: Ninurta · Ningirsu · divine warrior · Asag · Anzu · god of farming · Lugal-e
Ninurta is the great divine champion: the heroic son of Enlil who goes out to destroy the monsters that threaten cosmic order — the demon Asag in the mountains, the thieving Anzu-bird who stole the Tablet of Destinies. But he is also a god of farming and the fertilizing storm: in 'Ninurta's exploits,' having defeated chaos, he organizes the waters and stones for the land's benefit, so that his martial victory becomes agricultural blessing. He thus binds together two faces of order — the warrior who defends the world and the farmer-god who makes it fruitful.
In short
Ninurta, warrior-son of Enlil, slayer of chaos-monsters (Asag, Anzû) and god of the thunderstorm and of agriculture, whose victories order the land and bring its waters.
Where it’s found
'Ninurta's exploits' (Lugal-e, ETCSL 1.6.2); 'Ninurta's return to Nibru' (ETCSL 1.6.1); 'A šir-gida to Ninurta' (ETCSL 4.27.01), all in corpus
How the idea developed across Sumer, Babylon & Assyria
Ninurta's combat myths ('Ninurta's exploits'/Lugal-e, 'Ninurta's return') are the Sumerian template later mirrored by Marduk in Enuma Elish and by the Akkadian Anzû epic; Ninurta's traits partly merge with Ningirsu (Gudea's god) and feed into the warlike Nabû/Ninurta of Assyria.