Ea
Ea is a deity who received six sheep during a festival taking place on the twenty seventh day of the month Lilliātum in the local calendar.
↻ synthesized from 12 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Identified as the father of Marduk in the opening of the Code of Hammurabi.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Addu, Yakrub-El, uridu-genies, lamassatum-genies, Zarpanitum, Girra, Birdu, Turtle, Neti, Kaka, Nabu, Ereshkigal, Igigi, Madānu, Mushteshirhablim, Neretagmil, gods of Eshumesha, Damkianna, Lelwani, Api, Minki, Amunki, Namšara, Aduntarri, Zulki, Irpitia, Kumarbi, Ullikummi, Ammunki, Napšara, Ammezzadu, Apandu, Ḫedammu, Upelluri, Eltara, Suen, Mamu, Mamud, Kittum, Šapšu, Lahar, Sun goddess of the Earth, Tiwaz, Sun god of Heaven, Šiwini, Tušpuea, Kotharat, Illish, Kinyras, Shapash, Sarapis, Osiris-Apis, Utnapishtim, Urshanabi, scorpion man's wife, Siduri, Enkidu's ghost, eagle, Etana, Arusu, Ea-bani, Annunitum, Dagan, Ninhursag, Shalash, Itūr-Mēr, Belet Ekallim, Shamash, Enlil, Zababa, Asalluhi, Ashur, Anu, Ninlil, Shara, Anzû, Adad, Ninmah, Ninurta, Damkina, Teshub, Išḫara, Allani, Kubaba, lamma, Utu, Šimige, Aya, Ishum, Ningal, Sun goddess of Arinna, Ayu-Ikalti, Nam-tar, Ištar, Scorpion man
- teacher of
- Nergal
- sibling of
- Nara
- syncretized with
- Enki, Kothar, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Eyan
- enemy of
- Ullikummi
- manifests as
- Eyan
- has aspect
- Eyan
Mentioned by
- Annunitum
- Dagan
- Ninhursag
- Shalash
- Itūr-Mēr
- Belet Ekallim
- Shamash
- Enlil
- Zababa
- Asalluhi
- Ashur
- Anu
- Ninlil
- Shara
- Anzû
- Adad
and 20 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“He received six sheep during it, the same number as other major deities, Addu, Annunitum, Belet Ekallim, Dagan, Ea, Nergal, Ninhursag (possibly to be understood as a stand-in for Dagan's wife Shalash in texts from Mari) and Shamash.”
#11752 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“however Enlil still ranks as the most important Mesopotamian god, heading the list along with Anu and Ea.”
#12000 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Finally, the god Ea proposes that the gods should send Ninurta, Enlil's son.”
#12126 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Nergal travels under the advice of Ea, who warns him not to sit, eat, drink or wash while in the underworld, as well as not to have sex with Ereshkigal. At his advice Nergal travels to the underworld along with 14 demons.”
#12516 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“so Ea (the later name for Enki) commands the Former Gods to find the weapon that was used to separate the heavens from the earth.”
#14918 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5