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Anunnaki

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[ah-noon-nah-kee] / ɑˈnʊn nɑ ki /

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.


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The Anunnaki gods carried torches of fire, scorching the country with brilliant flashes.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

However that may be, in Babylonian hymns and incantations the Igigi and Anunnaki play a very prominent part.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

All the gods, together with the Igigi and Anunnaki, are gathered around Dibbarra, who addresses them: Listen all of you to my words.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

He is the king of the Igigi and Anunnaki, that is, of all the heavenly and earthly spirits, and he is this by virtue of being the supreme god of heaven.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

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

From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge

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