ENKI

Meaning of ENKI in English

/en"kee/ , n.

a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.

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ENKI — [Mesopotamian] The Sumerian high god of water and intellect, creation, wisdom and medicine who could restore the dead to life. …
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TAMMUZ — Mesopotamian god of fertility. He was the son of Enki, god of water, and Duttur, a personification of the ewe. …
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ERIDU — Ancient Sumerian city on the Persian Gulf. Although it was the chief seaport of Sumer and Babylonia and was located …
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EA — In He formed a triad of deities with {{link=Anu">Anu and Bel . Originally a local deity in the city of …
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CAPRICORN — or Capricornus (Latin: "Goat horn") In astronomy, the constellation lying between Aquarius and Sagittarius; in astrology , the tenth sign …
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BEL — Akkadian god of the atmosphere and member of a triad including Anu (An) and Ea (Enki). His Sumerian counterpart was …
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ENKIANTHUS — ˌeŋkēˈan(t)thəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from enki- (perhaps irregular from Greek enkyos pregnant, from en in + kyos …
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EA — /ay"ah/ , n. the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
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TAMMUZ — Akkadian Dumuzi in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring. The …
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NINAZU — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, the city god of Enegir, which was located on the Euphrates River between Larsa and …
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NANSHE — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian city goddess of Nina (modern Surghul, Iraq) in the southeastern part of the Lagash region of …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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ISHTAR — (Akkadian), Sumerian Inanna in Mesopotamian religion, goddess of war and sexual love. Ishtar is the Akkadian counterpart of the West …
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ERIDU GENESIS — in Mesopotamian religious literature, ancient Sumerian epic primarily concerned with the creation of the world, the building of cities, and …
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ERIDU — ancient Sumerian city south of modern Ur (Tall al-Muqayyar), Iraq. Eridu was revered as the oldest city in Sumer according …
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ENMERKAR — ancient Sumerian hero and king of Uruk (Erech), a city-state in southern Mesopotamia, who is thought to have lived at …
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ENLIL — Mesopotamian god of the atmosphere and a member of the triad of gods completed by Anu (Sumerian: An) and Ea …
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DUMUZI-ABZU — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city goddess of Kinirsha near Lagash in the southeastern marshland region. She represented the power …
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DAMU — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city god of Girsu, east of Ur in the southern orchards region. Damu, son of …
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ASALLUHE — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city god of Ku'ara, near Eridu in the southern marshland region. Asalluhe was active with …
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ANU — (Akkadian), Sumerian An Mesopotamian sky god and a member of the triad of deities completed by Enlil and Ea (Enki). …
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ADAPA — in Mesopotamian mythology, legendary sage and citizen of the Sumerian city of Eridu, the ruins of which are in southern …
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TAMMUZ — n. Mesopotamian god of fertility. He was the son of Enki, god of water, and Duttur, a personification of the …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGIONS — Religious beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and later of their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited …
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ERIDU — Ancient Sumerian city on the Persian Gulf. Although it was the chief seaport of Sumer and Babylonia and was located …
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EA — In Mesopotamian religion , the god of water. He formed a triad of deities with Anu and Bel . Originally …
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CAPRICORN — n. or Capricornus (Latin: "Goat horn") In astronomy, the constellation lying between Aquarius and Sagittarius; in astrology , the tenth …
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