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Enlil

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[en-lil] / ˈɛn lɪl /

noun

  1. the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.


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For example, the patron god of Uruk was Inanna, the goddess of fertility; the city of Nippur revered the weather god Enlil; and Ur claimed the moon god Sin.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In response the god of gods, Enlil, cursed Gilgamesh's land by salting the fields so nothing could grow there.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2021

It stared at him on his approach to its orbit, Enkidu to Enlil, the god of fates.

From The Verge • Feb. 4, 2019

As long ago as 3000 B.C., he notes, the Epic of Gilgamesh discussed “the uproar of mankind,” which aggravated the god Enlil.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2012

The composer of the Enlil series elum didara obviously introduced this irrelevant melody to obtain the fine passage to the weeping mother, Rev. 10-21 on BM.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen