Enlil
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
He did not forget how she, as well as Rafael, had put him on this path to Enlil.
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 first melody of d.Babbar-gim-è-ta after line four agrees with the first melody of the Enlil series zi-bu-ù sud-du-ám in Zimmern, KL.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen
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