ancestors of Enlil
The "ancestors of Enlil" are a group of Mesopotamian deities attested in Early Dynastic sources. They are sometimes referred to as "Enki-Ninki deities." Wilfred G. Lambert coined the term "theogony of Enlil" to refer to the lists of these divine ancestors.
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -3000
- Historical notes
- Attested in Early Dynastic sources.
Relationships
- parent of
- Enlil
- co occurs with
- Dimmeku, dUD.AL.TAR, Sagmegar, Nēberu, Enki, Ninki, Marduk, Ninhursag, Šulpae, Ningishzida, Ereshkigal
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The term "ancestors of Enlil" refers to a group of Mesopotamian deities. They are already attested in Early Dynastic sources. The same group is sometimes instead referred to as "Enki-Ninki deities" (German: Enki-Ninki-Gottheiten), an approximate translation of the plural (d)En-ki-(e-)ne-(d)Nin/Nun-ki-(e-)ne”
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“In the poem Death of Gilgamesh, Šulpae is listed alongside underworld gods, such as Ereshkigal, Ningishzida, Dimmeku and the ancestors of Enlil, but according to Dina Katz he did not belong to this category of deities himself.”
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