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Enlil, [a] later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. [4] He is first attested as the chief deity of the Sumerian pantheon, [5] but he was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hurrians.
Enlil, later known as Ellil, is the god of wind, air, earth, and storms [64] and the chief of all the gods. [68] The Sumerians envisioned Enlil as a benevolent, fatherly deity, who watches over humanity and cares for their well-being. [69] One Sumerian hymn describes Enlil as so glorious that even the other gods could not look upon him.
The Hindu wind god, Vayu. A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than moving air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.
Samuel Noah Kramer identifies Ki with the Sumerian mother goddess Ninhursag, stating that they were originally the same figure. [3] [4] The oldest of the Anunnaki was Enlil, the god of air [5] and chief god of the Sumerian pantheon. [6] The Sumerians believed that, until Enlil was born, heaven and earth were inseparable. [7]
Enlil (ð’€ð’‚—𒆤), ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms Enki ( ð’‚—ð’† ) , Sumerian god , literal translation "Lord of the Earth" Emesh , Sumerian god created at the wish of Enlil to take responsibility on earth for woods, fields, sheepfolds, and stables
Enlil was the god of air, wind, and storm. [ 27 ] : 108 He was also the chief god of the Sumerian pantheon [ 27 ] : 108 [ 28 ] : 115–121 and the patron deity of the city of Nippur . [ 29 ] : 58 [ 30 ] : 231–234 His primary consort was Ninlil , the goddess of the south wind, [ 31 ] : 106 who was one of the patron deities of Nippur and was ...
Anu (Akkadian: ð’€ð’€€ð’‰¡ ANU, from ð’€ an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (Sumerian: ð’€ An), [10] was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. He was regarded as a source of both divine and human kingship, and opens the enumerations of deities in ...
This piece was thought to be recited in a ritual celebration of the Babylonian new year. It chronicles the birth of the gods, the world, and man, whose purpose was to serve the gods and lighten their work load. [2] The focus of the narrative is on praising Marduk, the patron god of Babylon, who creates the world, the calendar, and humanity.