Enki

deity water Sumerian single tradition · 18

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #389 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 18 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.

Relationships

enemy of
Ninurta
consort of
Ninhursag, Ninki, Nunki
allied with
Damgalnuna, Martu
serves
Sin
served by
Apkallu, Anunnaki, Ara, galla
creator of
Turtle
syncretized with
Ea
sibling of
Adad, Iškur

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Sources

Source passages

“in version B Gilgamesh doubts his ability, and invokes the god Enki to help him, which the latter does by apparently providing the instructions for tricking Humbaba through Enkidu, enabling the rest of the events to unfold similarly.”

#8430 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Her best-known myths are Enki and Ninhursag describing her dealings with Enki resulting from his sexual exploits, and Enki and Ninmah a creation myth wherein the two deities compete to create humans.”

#10261 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Other deities invoked in it are Anu, Enlil, Ninhursag, Enki, Sin, Ningirsu, Nanshe, Nindara, Gatumdug, Bau, Inanna, Utu, Hendursaga, Igalim and Shulshaga.”

#10992 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“refers to her as the "prime daughter of Enki" (dumu-munus sag den-ki-ga-ke4) while similar text, Gattung III, places her in the court of this god, between Nammu and Ara, a well attested servant deity.”

#11233 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Johandi suggests that the god Martu who appeared together with Enki and Damgalnuna in the Ur III period could possibly refer instead to the similarly named Marduk who is otherwise missing in Ur III documentation, as Martu is later attested to have a different parentage (Anu and Urash) and Marduk is later considered the son of Enki/Ea”

#11985 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001