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Enkidu has a dream where the gods decide that the heroes must die, since they have killed Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. Samash protests against the decision, but that does not change anything, and Enkidu is sentenced to death. This makes Enkidu curse the door he built with the wood of the forest and Shamhat, for having changed his wild life.
Bulan (Ilocano mythology): the moon god of peace who comforted the grieving Abra [10] Bulan (Pangasinense mythology): the merry and mischievous moon god, whose dim palace was the source of the perpetual light which became the stars; guides the ways of thieves [11]
Enki (Sumerian: š’€š’‚—š’† 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: š’€š’‚¨š’€€) or Ae [5] in Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) religion, and is identified by some scholars with Ia in Canaanite religion.
After introducing Enkidu to his mother, Ninsun, Gilgamesh decides to embark on an expedition to the cedar forest to acquire valuable wood. [13] He defeats its guardian Humbaba, [14] and later also triumphs over the Bull of Heaven, sent to Uruk by Ishtar. [15] Enkidu dies in the aftermath of these events, and Gilgamesh prepares a funeral for him ...
El, "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods. WGPSN: Enkidu 122: 1982: Enkidu, Friend of ... Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. WGPSN:
Ningal ("great queen" [460]), later known by the corrupted form Nikkal, was the wife of Nanna-Suen, the god of the moon, and the mother of Utu, the god of the sun. [458] Though she was worshiped in all periods of ancient Mesopotamian history, her role is described as "passive and supportive" by researchers. [460] Ningikuga: Ur [461]
Enkimdu was an agricultural god. [1] He was called the "lord of embankments and ditches". [2] The theonym Lugal-epara, "lord of ditch and dyke", attested in the god list An = Anum without an explanation provided, might be another name of Enkimdu due to analogous meaning to said epithet. [3]
[a] His version includes Utnapishtim's story of the Flood in tablet XI and, in tablet XII, the Sumerian Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld. [8] Sîn-lÄ“qi-unninni's name means 'Sîn (the Moon God) is one who accepts my prayer'. It is also sometimes transcribed, albeit less probably, as 'Sîn-liqe-unninni', meaning 'O Sîn!