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[46] [47] After forty days, the Igigi rebel and the god Enki, one of the Anunnaki, creates humans to replace them. [46] [47] From the Middle Babylonian Period (c. 1592 – 1155 BC) onward, the name Anunnaki was applied generally to the deities of the underworld; [2] whereas the name Igigi was applied to the heavenly deities. [2]
Isimud, later known as Usmû, was the sukkal, or personal attendant, of Enki. [161] His name is related to the word meaning "having two faces" [161] and he is shown in art with a face on either side of his head. [161] He acts as Enki's messenger in the myths of Enki and Ninhursag and Inanna and Enki. [161] Ishum
Enki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒂗𒆠 D EN-KI) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (), crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud), and one of the Anunnaki.He was later known as Ea (Akkadian: 𒀭𒂍𒀀) or Ae [5] in Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) religion, and is identified by some scholars with Ia in Canaanite religion.
Enki does his best to placate her by pointing out those she does in fact possess. [ 2 ] There is no direct connection implied in the mythological cycle between this poem and that which is our main source of information on the me s, "Inanna and Enki: The Transfer of the Arts of Civilization from Eridu to Uruk ", but once again Inanna's ...
Damgalnuna, also known as Damkina, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the god Enki.Her character is poorly defined in known sources, though it is known that like her husband she was associated with ritual purification and that she was believed to intercede with him on behalf of supplicants.
Another source which presents Enlil as Anu's son is the myth Enki and the World Order, which also specifies that he was the older brother of Enki. [3] However, Enlil's parentage was variable. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tradition in which his ancestors were the so-called Enki-Ninki deities is now considered conventional by Assyriologists, though materials ...
The list documents many associations between deities and aspects of their character which are otherwise unknown. [23] Explanations frequently use the sign MIN in a role analogous to the modern ditto mark. [57] It can be used to refer to both pronunciation of different writings of a name and to theological identification between names. [58]
In Enki and Ninhursag, the goddess complains to Enki that the city of Dilmun is lacking in water. [82] As a result, Enki makes the land rich, and Dilmun becomes a prosperous wetland. [82] Afterwards, he and Ninhursag sleep together, resulting in a daughter, Ninsar [83] (called Ninnisig in the ETCSL translation, [84] Ninmu by Kramer [85]).