![]() ![]() The later Akkadians and Babylonians called him Ea, Sumerian for House of Water, the name of his temple.Įnki is said to have created the first Sumerian city, Eridu, called in an ancient text “the holy city, the dwelling of their delight,” one of five antedeluvian Sumerian cities. The meaning of the name Enki is not clear it may mean Lord of Earth or Lord of the Mound or Lord of that Which Is Below or even cunning. Ea voluntarily hands over control of humanity to his super-impressive son, which act is said to reflect the passing of the “supremacy once enjoyed by Eridu to Babylon as a religious and political center.” With the goddess Damkina, he is father of the great Babylonian god Marduk. He is often said to be the son of An, and the half-brother of Enlil. Enki (Ea), along with An and Enlil, form the triad of gods at the heart of Mesopotamian mythology.
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