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EnkiGod of The Sweet WatersPantheon: Sumerian Element: Air Sphere of Influence: Wisdom and Balance Preferred colors: Gold, Silver, White Associated symbol: Scales Animals associated with: Turtle , Scarab Beetle Best day to work with: Wednesday Suitable offerings: Beer Associated Planet: Mercury |
Enki whose name was the god of the sweet waters. He was also the chief god of the city of Eridu and the god of wisdom and magic. Enki found uses for all of the creations of the Goddess of the Earth (Ki) despite their various infirmaties. He is the God of practicalities and of balance and fair play. With An, Enki is said to have created all the senior Gods. He is the god of shaping, and of creation. | |
Additional Information on Enki from WikipediaInformation is unedited and uncheckedEnki was a god in the Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea. The main temple to Enki was in Eridu. His symbols included a goat and a fish, which later combined into a single beast, the Capricorn, which became one of the signs of the zodiac.Male presence, god of water and the creation. He had sexual relations with his female kids during various generations. (More to add, a lot) In the science fiction book "Snow Crash", by Neal Stephenson, he is portrayed as a proto-hacker. ----------- Enki is Japanese for postpone. de:Enki per: Zecharia Sitchin ( http://www.sitchin.com/ ), author, "The Lost Book of Enki" contributed by: Gordon DeSpain ( http://millennium_cowboy.homestead.com/HorusUnveiled.html ) "En" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = Lord or Master "Ki" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = Earth "En.Ki" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = "Lord Earth," or, "Master of Earth" (aka - Ea/Ptah/Neptune/Poseidon), title bestowed for co-creating the Adamu (a "Lu.Lu" = primitive worker) with his half-sister, "Nin.Mah," and, his son, "Nin.Gish.Zidda;" Aka - "Ea" (original name; Anunnaki/Sumerian = "of the Waters"); Father of "Marduk" by his official Spouse, "Nin.Ki"; ruler of the Abzu (S. Africa) whose principle city in Mesopotamia was "Eridu" (soft d, root source of "Earth"). "Nin" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = Lady "Mah" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = Exalted/Reverred "Nin.Mah" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = "Lady Exalted," or, "Exalted Lady"/"Reverred Lady"; aka-"Nin.Ti" (Title) = "Lady of Life"; first born daughter of Anu; co-creator/surrogate Mother of Adam...Mother of Man. "Nin.Ki" (Sumerian/Anunnaki) = "Lady Earth"; aka (Anunnaki/Sumerian) - "Damkina"; official Spouse of Ea/Enki; Mother of Marduk; surrogate mother of "Eve" (aka - "Ti.Amat" ~= Water of Life/Source of Life). Nin.Gish.Zidda (Sumerian/Anunnaki), aka - Thoth, Quetzelcoatl; son of Ea; geneticist; co-creator of Man with Nin.Mah and En.Ki; Egyptian god of Knowledge; reputed/possible founder of the Olmec Civilization in Meso-America after expulsion from Egypt following the "Wars of Gods and Men"; performed a genetic manipulation in the "Garden of E.Din" through a culture of the Bone Marrow of En.Ki, Nin.Mah, Adam and Eve that enabled the "knowledge" of procreation, "...and, they became as one," blood of my blood, flesh of my flesh This text is made available under the GNU Free Documentation License Agreement. The full text of this article is available for download here. (Enki) | |