Anunnaki
[ah-noo n-nah-kee]
- 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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He designates the Igigi as belonging to heaven, the Anunnaki as belonging to the earth.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow
Mammitu, goddess; M. and Anunnaki determine death and life, 493.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow
The Anunnaki, wishing to give an expression of their admiration for Marduk's heroism, decided to build him a shrine or temple.
The Babylonian Legends of the CreationBritish Museum
The minor spirits of earth (Anunnaki) are not much spoken of except in a body, as a sort of host or legion.
ChaldeaZnade A. Ragozin
At an earlier period five represented a numerical magnitude, and hence the Anunnaki are at times regarded as a group of five.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow