Below are names of some of the Sumerian gods and goddesses. Some of these names i linguistically; etymologically and phonemically, have connections to words and sounds still used today in different languages.
Anu, The god
of Heaven (Pan-Mesopotamian) at the E'anna temple - Uruk.
He is the father of Enki, the eldest son who was
born to Anu by a woman who was not of royal
blood, and Enlil, the youngest son
who was born to Anu by a woman of a royal blood. The city of An
or On in Egypt
where a landing capsul revered by the Egyptians were kept, was built in his
honor.
Enki, The god of water and the fertile earth (Pan-Mesopotamian) at the E'abzu temple - Eridu also Babylonian Ea, who is also the god of magic, wisdom and intelligence. Eldest son of Anu and born by a woman of no royal blood. It is also worth mentioning that “Eridu” which is the first city built on Earth, means “Ardh” in Arabic, “Ertez” in Hebrew, “Earth” in English. It is quite obvious that the Arabic, Hebrew, English names are derived from the word “Eridu”.
Enlil, The god of the air (from Lil = Air) and storms (Pan-Mesopotamian) at the E'kur temple - Nippur. He was usually portrayed in human form but also appears as a snake to the humans eyes.Youngest son of Anu and born by Ninlil; a woman of royal blood.
Enki, The god of water and the fertile earth (Pan-Mesopotamian) at the E'abzu temple - Eridu also Babylonian Ea, who is also the god of magic, wisdom and intelligence. Eldest son of Anu and born by a woman of no royal blood. It is also worth mentioning that “Eridu” which is the first city built on Earth, means “Ardh” in Arabic, “Ertez” in Hebrew, “Earth” in English. It is quite obvious that the Arabic, Hebrew, English names are derived from the word “Eridu”.
Enlil, The god of the air (from Lil = Air) and storms (Pan-Mesopotamian) at the E'kur temple - Nippur. He was usually portrayed in human form but also appears as a snake to the humans eyes.Youngest son of Anu and born by Ninlil; a woman of royal blood.
Ki, or Ninhursag The mother-goddess representing the earth (Sumerian) at the E'saggila temple - Eridu, and also at Kish.Scientist, nicknamed “Mamma”, who helped Enki in creating the first human by cross-breeding his DNA with homo-erectus who roamed Africa at his time. Hence, the Darwinian theory of evolution is partially right. As I mentioned in my previous articles, the sound “M” is part of words lik: In Arabic “uM”, in English “Mother”, in French “Mere”, in German “Mutter”, in Sanskrit “Mutter”. Humans, at the time, considered Ninursag to be their creator mother
.
Ninlil,or
Nillina :goddess of air (possibly the south wind) and wife of Enlil (Sumerian) - at the E'kur Temple – Nippur.
Wife of Enlil, mother of Ninurta from Enlil and a woman of royal blood.
Inanna, The
goddess of love and war (Sumerian) - at the E'anna temple – Uruk. She
is the one who stole the MEs from her grandfather Enki. A sleazy woman
reputed for sleeping with many men both Gods and demi-Gods. Her story
with Gilgamesh is wel-known. Also known as “Ishtar”. It is
also worth mentioning that in Arabic, the verb “Ashara” means "to
impregnate", and “Ashira” means "members of a family
who descended from the same womb". Hence, it is obvious that these
words were derived from the word “Ishtar”, the sleazy Goddess of love
and sexuality.
Marduk,
originally Ea's son and god of light, Marduk (bibilical Merodach; Mordechai was
named after him) was the main god of Babylon and the sender of the
Babylonian king (Babylonian) - at the
E'saggila - Babylon.
Eldest son of Enki (Ea), and known to have had disputes and wars
with his cousins, the Enlilites.
Nannar -
Suen (Sumerian) or Sin (Akkadian) God of
the moon - at the E'hursag temple
of Ur and Harran
Utu (Sumerian),
Tutu (Akkadian) or Shamash (Akkadian) God
of the sun - at the E'barbara temple of Sippar and in Babylonia the god of justice
as well. It is worth mentioning that “Shamash in Hebrew means “Sun”, In Arabic “Shams”
means “Sun”.
Sherida, a mother
goddess and consort of the sun god Utu. She
later developed into the Akkadian deity Aya, consort
of Shamash. The reader might have noticed from the above that I have
highlighted the words “Royal Blood”, because “royal blood” played
an important part in the animosity that arose between Enki and his
brother Enlil as regards authority and ruling of Earth, which
reminds me with the Biblical story of Abraham, Sara and Hager
and the "inherited rights of the first born".
There is no doubt that Ishmael was the first born of Abraham, but his mother was an Egyptian maid as mentioned in the Bible. Isaac, though he was the second born, his mother was the first wife of Abraham and of the same blood of Abraham. When Isaac was born, Sarah wanted Abraham to dismiss Hagar and her son believing that the "rights of inheritance" are the entitlements of her son Isaac who is of the same blood of his mother and father (royal blood).
