Anunnaki

[ ah-noon-nah-kee ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. various unnamed Sumerian deities who constituted the divine assembly presided over by An and Enlil and of whom seven were judges in the afterworld.

Example Sentences

The very insistence with which help is claimed against the Anunnaki shows how much their power was dreaded.

From Project Gutenberg

The minor spirits of earth (Anunnaki) are not much spoken of except in a body, as a sort of host or legion.

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The Anunnaki, wishing to give an expression of their admiration for Marduk's heroism, decided to build him a shrine or temple.

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At an earlier period five represented a numerical magnitude, and hence the Anunnaki are at times regarded as a group of five.

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At times the Igigi alone are mentioned, but generally the Igigi and Anunnaki appear in combination.

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