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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.
The only source to directly name his mother places Urash in this role. [63] Another god frequently regarded as Anu's son was Enki. [64] Nammu was the mother of Enki in the local tradition of Eridu and in the myth Enki and Ninmah, but a hymn from the reign of Ishme-Dagan confirms that a tradition in which his mother was Urash instead also ...
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]).
Nammu appears in the myth Enki and Ninmah. [39] While the text comes from Old Babylonian period, it might reflect an older tradition from the Ur III period. [ 40 ] Two complete copies most likely postdating the reign of Samsu-iluna are known, in addition to a bilingual Sumero-Akkadian version from the library of Ashurbanipal . [ 41 ]