Anunnaki

American  

[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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Anunnaki

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

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

As Ashur rules the Igigi, so Ishtar is declared to be 'mighty over the Anunnaki.'

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

The gods of the Anunnaki wailed with her.

From The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

The tablet ends with a long hymn of praise which the Anunnaki sang to Marduk, and describes the summoning of an assembly of the gods to proclaim ceremonially the great Fifty Names of this god.

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

Marduk, the King of the gods, divided … he set the Anunnaki up on high.

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