Enlil
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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, the god of storms and air, was among the most powerful gods.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
It began by relating how Enlil had ordered the glory of Nippur, and then had become angered against his city, sending upon it desolation at the hands of an invader.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen
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