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death. The major deities in the Sumerian pantheon included An, the god of the heavens, Enlil, the god of wind and storm, AnKi Enki, the god of water

boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Enki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒂗𒆠 DEN-KI) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú), crafts (gašam), art

with wind, air, earth, and storms Enki (𒂗𒆠), Sumerian god, literal translation "Lord of the Earth" Emesh, Sumerian god created at the wish of Enlil to

different languages, respectively Akkadian and Sumerian, they were already used interchangeably to refer to one deity in the Early Dynastic period. They were

She is the tutelary deity to several Sumerian leaders. Her best-known myths are Enki and Ninhursag describing her dealings with Enki resulting from his

both stories, the deity in question ultimately chooses the shepherd. Inanna and Enki (ETCSL t.1.3.1) is a lengthy poem written in Sumerian, which may date

Anum, originally An (Sumerian: 𒀭 An), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian

Persian Gulf. In Sumerian mythology, Dilmun was also mentioned as the home of deities such as Enki. The status of Dilmun as the Sumerians’ ancestral homeland

Anunnaki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒀀𒉣𒈾, also transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deities of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians

In Sumerian religion, the most powerful and important deities in the pantheon were sometimes called the "seven gods who decree": An, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag