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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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They built temples in the Sumerian city of Nippur, which was sacred to the storm god Enlil, the ruler of the gods in the Sumerian pantheon.

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

Enlil utters the spirit of wrath 28. uku-e še-ám-šá 28. and the people wail.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

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