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Enki (Ea) God of Water & Creation

Updated: Feb 5

Enki is an ancient Sumerian primary God worshiped for over three thousand years in Mesopotamia. He's among the first Gods to emerge in Sumerian mythology. Enki is a god of water, music, artisans, craftspeople, wisdom, creation and sometimes mischief.


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Enki is the God of Water, specifically groundwater or subterranean fresh water. He dwells in the Abzu, the waters of Creation. In Sumerian and Akkadian myth the Abzu is the primeval freshwater sea from which all life emerges.


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The Abzu is personified only once. In the story of Sumerian creation Abzu is the consort of the Chaos Sea Queen, Tiamat. At his death through the betrayal of their children, Tiamat gives birth to several monsters who are battled by Marduk in the Enuma Elish.


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Enki is the son of the oldest known god Anu, who appears in Sumerian mythology c. 4000 BCE. This makes Enki a member of the Annunaki, a generation of the Old Gods, the primordial pantheon of Mesopotamian mythology.


The Annunaki are descendants of An (Sky) and Ki (Earth). They include the Great Mountain Goddess Ninhursag. The oldest of them is Enlil, Lord of the Winds.


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The children of Enki are


  • Marduk, hero god king; some suggest Marduk is originally one of the Igigi

  • Dumuzid, vegetation deity, consort of Inanna

  • Ninsar, goddess associated with preparation of meat

  • Ninkurra, goddess(es) of the arts, as one or a group

  • Uttu, goddess of weaving

  • Nintl, goddess of Lagash; healing goddess

  • Adapa, a divine sage

  • Nanshe, goddess of nature, marshes, dream interpretation, justice


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He has a spousal connection to Great Mountain Mother Ninhursag in the city of Lagash, but not elsewhere. Her usual consort is the Disease Demon Deity Shulpae.


The sukkal or attendant of Enki is the two-faced messenger god Isimud. Divine benefactor of humanity, Enki helps humans survive the Great Flood. The Flood itself is caused by the God Enlil, who can't sleep because humans make too much noise.


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Several myths surround his activities. In Enki and the World Order, he organizes "in detail every feature of the civilized world." In Inanna and Enki, he's the holder of the sacred mes, tablets of divine power, concerning all aspects of human life.


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His name means "Lord of the Earth." He's associated with the stone jasper. His symbols include the goat, fish, goat-fish and chimera. A chimera has the front parts of a lion, the middle of a goat, including head and horns, and tail of a snake ending in the serpent's head.


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Enki relates the planet Mercury. His day is Wednesday. His sacred number, a number accorded each god in writing, is 40. Enki is also linked to the scribe god Nabu.


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