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Anu

Anu (Akkadian: 𒀭𒀀𒉡 ANU, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (Sumerian: 𒀭 An), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. He was regarded as a source of both divine and human kingship, and opens the enumerations of deities in many Mesopotamian texts. At…

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Abode
heaven
Children
Enki, Ishkur, Ninisina, Ninkarrak, Amurru, Gibil, Urash, Nisaba (sometimes), Enlil (sometimes), Inanna (sometimes)
Consort
Antu, Ki or Urash (equated with each other) · Nammu (in a single inscription)
Elamite
Jabru
Greek
Zeus (disputed), Uranus
Hurrian
Hamurnu

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Anu

Nodes265
Edges264
Triples362
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007547
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related to Theological reforms in Achaemenid and Seleucid Uruk · 60
Anu → Achaemenid, Achaemenids, Ahura Mazda, An, Anshar, Antiochos, Antiochus, Antu, Anu's, Anum, Artaxerxes, Ashur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrian, At, Babylon, Babylonian, BCE, Beaulieu
related to Worship · 41
Anu → AN, BCE, Bull, Cuneiform, DINGIR, E2, Ean, Eanna, Early Dynastic, Enmerkar, Epic, Gilgamesh, Heaven, His, House, However, In, Inanna, Ishtar, It
related to Astral role · 33
Anu → All, Antu, Anu's, APIN, Astronomer John, BCE, Dilbat, Ea, Enlil, Furthermore, Gods, Great Anu, Heaven, In Mesopotamian, In Seleucid Uruk, Jupiter, Kayamānu, Mars, Mercury, Mesopotamian
related to Spouses · 30
Anu → Abu Salabikh, According, Akkadian, An, Another, Antu, Anu's, Anum, Assyriologist Daniel David Luckenbill, BCE, Dilbat, Early Dynastic, Egyptian, Frans Wiggermann, Geb, He, Her, However, Ki, Neo-Assyrian
related to Ancestors · 29
Anu → Akkadian, Alala, An, Another, Anshar, Anu's, Anum, Apsu, At, Belili, Dari, Duri, Egur, Enlil, Enurulla, Enūma Eliš, Further, Gara, In, Kishar
related to Hurrian · 28
Anu → After, Alala, Alalu, Anatolia, Anu's, As, Athena, Beckman, Greek, Hittite, However, Hurrian, Hurro-Hittite, It, Kumarbi, Kumarbi Cycle, Kumarbi's, Lambert, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian
related to Attendants · 27
Anu → Achaemenid, Amasagnudi, Another, Anshar, Anu's, BCE, Enūma Eliš, He, Her, Ilabrat, Ilabrat's, In, Inanna, It, Kakka, Mari, Ninshubur, Ninshubur's, Old Babylonian, Papsukkal
related to Children · 23
Anu → Adad, Another, Anu's, Anunna, Anunna-anna, Anunnaki, Daniel Schwmer, Enki, Enlil, Eridu, In, Ishkur, Ishme-Dagan, It, Many, Mesopotamian, Nammu, Ninmah, Old Babylonian, Sumerian
related to Foreign equivalents · 20
Anu → According, An, Anu's Elamite, Anum, Anšar, Elam, Elamite, Enlil, Furthermore, Hamurnu, However, Hurrian, Hurrians, In, Jabru, Lambert, Mesopotamian, While Jabru, Wilfred, Yabnu
related to Later relevance · 18
Anu → Anos, Aos, Aristotle, Babylonian, Berossus, CE, Damascius, Ea, Enlil, Enūma Eliš, Eudemos, Eudemus, Furthermore, Illilos, It, Mummu, Mōymis, Rhodes

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uruk god enlil inanna also anu's known period deities attested heaven deity gods regarded mesopotamian though could sumerian babylonian son

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AnuAbodeheaven1.00infobox
AnuChildrenEnki, Ishkur, Ninisina, Ninkarrak, Amurru, Gibil, Urash, Nisaba (sometimes), Enlil (sometimes), Inanna (sometimes)1.00infobox
AnuConsortAntu, Ki or Urash (equated with each other)1.00infobox
AnuConsortNammu (in a single inscription)1.00infobox
AnuElamiteJabru1.00infobox
AnuGreekZeus (disputed), Uranus1.00infobox
AnuHurrianHamurnu1.00infobox
AnuNumber601.00infobox
AnuParentsAnshar and Kishar1.00infobox
AnuParentsAlala and Belili1.00infobox
AnuPersianAhura Mazda (disputed)1.00infobox
AnuSymbolhorned crown on a pedestal1.00infobox
Anuis aformer ruler of the gods0.90text

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