Enki is the god of the freshwater ocean, magic, wisdom and the arts. Editor, a crop circle was encoded to reveal a message of ea enki, who is a god of sumerian enki and babylonian ea mythology. Peeter espak, the god enki in sumerian royal ideology and. Sumerian god enki is in the bible the son of man truth. Different translations, with different meanings have been passed onto us. They ruled over what was, for all practical purposes, a human slave race. Ancient mesopotamian gods and goddesses enkiea god oracc. In the sumerian flood myth, enlil rewards ziusudra with immortality for having survived the flood and, in the babylonian flood myth, enlil is the cause of the flood himself, having sent the flood to exterminate the human race, who made too much noise and prevented him from sleeping.
The anunnaki god enlil sumerian mythology by ancient. Ancient sumer, the anunnaki, and the ancient alien theory. You will learn about the gilgamesh and enkidu, the anzu bird, who the major gods and goddesses were, who the important heroes were, and how sumerian society left a legacy that continues with us today. He was the son of the god of the heavens anu also known as an and, with anu and enki god of wisdom. The sumerian paradise myth enki and ninhursag, also known as the myth of dilmun, was written at the end of the 3rd millennium bce and has a similar story to the myth of paradise in the biblical book of genesis with strong sexual overtones because of enkis behavior. He is the son of nammu and father of inanna and is the third of the trinity anu. Sumerian mythology revised edition samuel noah kramer a real addition to the body of world mythology. This chart presents the original names of the anunnaki major ones in sumerian tablets and other names they may have been known as throughout time and in different cultures. There is however a sumerian poem titled ninurta and the turtle which mentions that enki possessed the tablet. He cares for the wellbeing of mankind and is benevolent.
The stories of enlil, enkidu, and gilgamesh are finding new audiences. Enkis luciferian agenda, explained by robert stanley. Enki, enlil and ninhursag are main characters within the mythology as they are believed to. I have since realized that the definitive edition of each of the sumerian myths, epic tales, hymns. According to sumerian and babylonian myths nanna is not the creator formulator of man. Sumerian mythology claims that, in the beginning, humanlike gods ruled over earth. American anthropologist no people has contributed more to the culture of mankind than the sumerians, and yet it has been only in recent years that our knowledge of them has become at all accurate or extensive. The sumerians thought that a great domed roof contained the sky, the stars, the moon, and the sun which lighted the cities beneath it. Enki in ancient literature ancient history encyclopedia. Enlil, mesopotamian god of the atmosphere and a member of the triad of gods completed by anu sumerian. His father enlil cronus is overthrown by a rebellion, just as cronus is overthrown in greek mythology. Enlil also known as ellil and nunamnir was the sumerian god of the air in the. He was later known as ea in akkadian and babylonian mythology. Moses was rewriting the sumerian myth to turn nanna into the creator.
The moon was actually a god child conceived unintentionally by the god enlil. Ea, in sumerian, means the house of water which can also be inferred to as the house of aquarius, the approaching age. Perhaps that is part of the reason why the book of genesis has stood the test of time and today over half of the worlds population including christians, muslims. A priest of the babylonian god marduk, berossus, with access to libraries of clay tablets whose core was the temple library of harran now in southeastern turkey, wrote down in three volumes a history of gods and men that began 432,000 years before the deluge, when the gods came to earth from the heavens. Fascinating myths and legends of gods, goddesses, heroes and. The main body of which is taken from the ancient sumerian texts. He was the deity of sweet water, crafts, creation, intelligence, the god of wisdom and of all magic, and was the patron god of the city of eridu before his cult spread throughout mesopotamia. The sumerian tradition has strongly influenced the writers of the biblical genesis. After having created men, gods wanted to destroy humankind through floods.
Fascinating myths and legends of gods, goddesses, heroes and monster from the ancient mesopotamian sumerian mythology as want to read. Second sumerian king of the gods another main deity of the sumerian pantheon was enlil, an air god god of wind and storms, who was the son of an and ki. Fascinating sumerian history and mesopotamian empire and myths, you will be exposed to the riveting tales of gods and heroes that formed the canon of the sumerian religion. Most genealogies, particularly emphasized by postsumerian civilizations, will conclude that enki and enlil are, in actuality, halfbrothers. The origin of humans according to ancient sumerian texts. The number of sumerologists, and readers of the ancient cuneiform text are small in number. Enki and enlil there is a lot of information about the anunnaki. It is now known that the shumerian or sumerian civilization had blossomed in what is now. Enki is a god of sumerian mythology and, later in time, known as ea in. The moon was actually a god child conceived unintentionally by the god enlil and a maid. Mighty enlil of the sumerian pantheon of gods ancient pages. Evil godbird anzu who stole the tablet of destiny to control universe and fates of all.
The spiritomystical trinity that composes the ancient pantheon is concluded with enki, brother of enlil. Enki is the sumerian god of water, knowledge gestu, mischief, crafts gasam, and creation. Enlils role in sumerian mythology can be summed up with reference to humanity in one word. In this fertility and creation story, dilmun, the setting of the story, is a place of purity, where no disease, pain, or suffering exists. The lost book of enki memoirs of an extraterrestrial. A band of southern constellations refer to his name, the stars of ea. As a mater of fact, enki and ninhursag who are the creators of man, are rivals of enki and ninlil. Some of the information presented is an educated guess based on attributes, though i also used several sources who state attributes as well as ancient texts. Sumerian civilization has become an intrinsic part of how we live today, even if most of us are unaware of it. Both are divine sons of anu, the skyfather, but as heir to kingship of heaven, enlil is reported as the son of antu. Enlil are enki are from the sumerianbabylonian pantheon of deities. Like many other creation stories from different cultures around the globe, sumerian clay tablets tell the story of how gods literally created and later modified mankind, creating man in their own image. His murdered son, dumuzi, matches the murdered dionysus, son of zeus.
After anu, enlil was the most powerful of the mesopotamian gods, keeper of the tablets of. This means that yhwh is the sumerian god nanna who is a descendant of enlil and ninlil. Enlil was one of the supreme deities of the mesopotamian pantheon. Now, with the creation of a human labor force, their duties were changed.
Enlil and ninlil public domain the creation of man. According to sumerian mythology, humanlike gods called anunna had initially come to mine resources that were needed on their home planet. As noted by sumerian mythology, the ancient city of eridu was one of the five ancient cities built on earth before the great deluge. When they came to the earth, there was much work to be done and these gods toiled the soil, digging to make it habitable and mining its minerals. He was originally patron god of the city of eridu, but later the influence of his cult spread throughout mesopotamia and to the canaanites, hittites. Sumerian mythology mythology and folklore the white. The sumerians regarded their divinities as responsible for all matters pertaining to the natural and social orders 34 before the beginning of kingship in sumer, the citystates were effectively ruled by theocratic priests and religious officials. Let us enter the story of sumer, to which we associate, in red, the version of the bible. The functions of anu and enlil frequently overlapped, especially during later periods as the cult of anu continued to wane and the cult of enlil rose to greater prominence. Genesis seems to be an antithesis, in response to and in refutation of, an earlier mesopotamian thesis about how man came to be created and why, in a location called edin by the sumerians. Indoeuropean mythology and religion alexander jacob. Eridu was the first known city and it had a large ziggurat, enki, who opposed enlil in the sumerian flood story, was the patron god of eridu. The truth aboutthe lost book of enki the sumerian tablets by david vose. These tales of the worlds very first civilization is now being exposed to the light of day.
They are main personages within the sumerian mythology. The prominence of enlil in royal inscriptions would derive from his role as a. The entire history of the anunnaki gods on earth the. We can see identically in it, the myth of noah and his arch. He is first attested as the chief deity of the sumerian. The gods an, enlil, enki and ninhursanga create the blackheaded people and create comfortable conditions for the animals to live and procreate.
Enlil also known as ellil and nunamnir was the sumerian god of the air in the mesopotamian pantheon but was more powerful than any other elemental deities and eventually was worshiped as king of the gods. Eventually nibiru will return, causing another cataclysm. See more ideas about sumerian, ancient mesopotamia and ancient aliens. According to sumerian beliefs, enlil arrived on earth well before the human race was created. In any case, according to many texts, enlil was in possession of the tablet for a long time, which made him supreme ruler of the universe, surpassing even anu. Sumerian king list ancient record of kingship that has long been of great interest. Espaks book the god enki is a daring attempt to compile and interpret the available sumerian sources pertaining to the allimportant figure of the god enki ea. The texts mention that at some point the gods mutinied against their labour. Sumerian religion was the religion practiced and adhered to by the people of sumer, the first literate civilization of ancient mesopotamia. Enki and enlil anunnaki,alien gods and spirituality.
Nippur holy city of god enlil and one of the oldest cities of sumer. Enlil, later known as elil, was an ancient mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. Consider this passage from the book of jubilees, 7. With some sumerian deity names as enlil there are variations like elil. Enki is a god of sumerian mythology and, later in time, known as ea in babylonian mythology. His children in sumerian mythology match those children in greek mythology. Enlil took over his fathers role as the king of the gods. He decreed the fates, his command could not be altered, and he was the. Ancient mesopotamian gods and goddesses enlilellil god oracc. Indoeuropean mythology and religion essays by alexander jacob indoeuropean mythology and religion. The last time it came close to earth, it upset the tides, causing the great flood. Fascinating sumerian history and mesopotamian empire and myths, you will learn all there is to know about sumerian myth and history. Article enki in ancient literature enki is a god of sumerian.
The lost book of enki memoirs of an extraterrestrial anunnaki alien god part 2 we continue with a summary of the remaining 7 tablets from tthe lost book of enki memoirs of an extraterrestrial anunnaki alien god part 2 as we in our reading of the sumerian anunnaki lost book of enki found buried in the deserts of modern day iraq which is also related to the origins. The epic mesopotamian water god who saved humanity. Fascinating sumerian history and mesopotamian empire and myths ebook. Anus original name in sumerian is an, of which anu is a semiticized form. Alexander jacob manticore press, melbourne, australia. While original sin is a key theme in christian mythology, in islamic mythology, allah forgives adam and eve and there is no concept of original sin or carrying forward of sins to the next generation. Sumerian history and mythology have been shrouded in mystery for thousands of years. Eridu was the most southern city of the conglomerate of mesopotamia and important center of the cult to the god of the water, enki.