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Enki

Enki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒂗𒆠 dEN-KI), also known as Ea (Akkadian: 𒀭𒂍𒀀 dE₂-A), was the Mesopotamian god of wisdom, crafts, fresh subterranean waters, magic, and incantations. He was believed to rule the Abzû. In Mesopotamian astronomy, he was associated with the stars of the southern band of the sky. Enki's wife was Damgalnuna, and their children included Nanshe…

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Abode
Abzu
Children
several, including Nanshe, Asalluhi, Marduk and Enbilulu
Consort
Damgalnuna · Ninhursag (in Enki and Ninhursag through syncretism with Damgalnuna) · Ningikuga (in one tradition) · Ninti (in the Hymn to Ninkasi)
Elamite
Napirisha
Greek
Kronos possibly Prometheus possibly Poseidon
Hurrian
Eyan

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Enki

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Enki

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related to Third millennium BCE · 53
Enki → Abu Salabikh, Abzû, Abzû-banda, According, After, An, E-Abzû, Early, Early Dynastic, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic Period, Eengura, Elili, Enki/Ea's, Enkigal, Enlil, Enmetena, Enunir, Eridu, Espak
related to Second millennium BCE · 39
Enki → Adad, An, Aya, Babylonia, Dagan, Damgalnuna's, Damgalnuna/Damkina, Dilbat, Dīrītum, Ea, Ea's, Ea-malik, Enki/Ea, Enki/Ea's, Evidence, He, Idlal-Ea, In, In Nippur, Ishtar
related to Children · 28
Enki → According, An, Asalluhi, Babylon, Babylon Marduk's, Damgalnuna, Ea, Ea's, Early Dynastic Lagash, Enki/Ea, Enlil, Gebhard Selz, He, In, In Enuma Elish, Larsa Sin-Iddinam, Marduk, Marduk's, Nammu, Nanshe
related to Enki · 25
Enki → Amanki, Despite, Earth, Edmond Sollberger, Emesal, Enki's, Eridu, For, He, However, It, Lambert, Lord, Lord Benevolence, Lord Earth, Lord Love, Sollberger, Some, Sumerian, The
related to Symbols and iconography · 24
Enki → Achaemenid, Additionally, Anthony Green, Capricorn, Clay, Ea, Early Dynastic, Enki's, Enki/Ea, Enki/Ea's, Hellenistic, His, In Neo Assyrian, It, Jeremy Black, Mesopotamian, Nazi-Maruttash, Neo Sumerian, Old Akkadian Period, Old Babylonian
related to Parents · 22
Enki → Akkadian, An, Anum, Black, Enki's, Enuma Elish, Eridu, Galter, Green, In, In Enki, Ishme-Dagan, It, Lambert, Nammu, Ninmah, She, Sumerian, The, Urash
related to Ea · 21
Enki → Due, Ea, Earlier, Green, Haya, House, However, In, It, Lambert, Margaret, Miguel Civil, Moon, Old Akkadian, Old Akkadian Period, Semitic, Sumerian, Sumerians, The, This
related to Niššīku · 21
Enki → Alan, Alternative, Aramaic, Ea, Enki's Sumerian, Enki/Ea, Galter, Hannes, In, It, Lambert, Middle Babylonian, Millard, Naššīku, Ninšīku, Niššīku, Old Babylonian, One, Semitic, Sumerian
related to Character and attributes · 18
Enki → Abzû, Adapa, Agushaya, Curse, Enki/Ea, Enki/Ea's, He, In, In Mesopotamian, In Ninurta, Ishtar, Mesopotamian, Neo-Babylonian, Sargonic, Some, Sumerian, The, Though
related to Nudimmud · 18
Enki → An, Antoine Cavigneaux, Anum, Ea, Ea's, Earlier, Enki/Ea, Fāra, God, Image, In Akkadian, It, Jacobsen, Manfred Krebernik, Nudimmud, The, Ur III, Zame Hymns

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ea god gods myth name enlil babylonian period sumerian one eridu also abzû could akkadian temple attested anu marduk mesopotamian

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EnkiAbodeAbzu1.00infobox
EnkiChildrenseveral, including Nanshe, Asalluhi, Marduk and Enbilulu1.00infobox
EnkiConsortDamgalnuna1.00infobox
EnkiConsortNinhursag (in Enki and Ninhursag through syncretism with Damgalnuna)1.00infobox
EnkiConsortNingikuga (in one tradition)1.00infobox
EnkiConsortNinti (in the Hymn to Ninkasi)1.00infobox
EnkiElamiteNapirisha1.00infobox
EnkiGreekKronos possibly Prometheus possibly Poseidon1.00infobox
EnkiHurrianEyan1.00infobox
EnkiMajor cult centerEridu, Malgium, Babylon1.00infobox
EnkiNumber401.00infobox
EnkiOther namesEa, Nudimmud, Nagbu, Niššīku1.00infobox
EnkiParentsAn (father)1.00infobox
EnkiParentsNammu or Urash (mother)1.00infobox
EnkiSiblingsEnlil (in Enki and the World order)1.00infobox
EnkiSiblingsNinmah (in Enki and Ninmah)1.00infobox
EnkiSiblingsIshkur (in some texts)1.00infobox
EnkiSymbolram-headed staff, goat-fish, turtle, ibex1.00infobox
EnkiUgariticKothar-wa-Khasis1.00infobox

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