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  Enki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enki was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology.
Enki, doesn't tell Atrahasis, but tells of Enlil's plan to the walls of Atrahasis' reed hut, thus covertly rescuing the man Atrahasis, or Ziusudra by either instructing him to build some kind of a boat for his family, or by bringing him into the heavens in a magic boat.
Enki was considered a god of life and replenishment, and was often depicted with two streams of water emanating from his shoulders, one the Tigris, the other the Euphrates.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enki   (2769 words)

  
 Enki or Ea
Enki's central position was as a creator, either of the world or of man. He is normally represented as half goat-half fish.
Enki was in earlier religions the local god of Eridu, but developed into a major god.
In the myths Enki is said to have fixed national boundaries, and to have given each god his or her role.
lexicorient.com /e.o/enki.htm   (282 words)

  
 Enki (Ea) - Ancient Near East.net
Enki (known in Akkadian as Ea) was the god who ruled over the Abzu, the vast freshwater ocean that, according to the system of Mesopotamian cosmology and belief, lay beneath the Earth.
According to Mesopotamian mythology, Enki was the son of the god An/Anu and the twin brother of the god Iškur/Adad.
Enki is sometimes shown within a low structure, the Abzu itself, or within his primary shrine in the Sumerian city of Eridu (the E.ABZU, "house of the Abzu"), surrounded by channels of water.
www.ancientneareast.net /religion_mesopotamian/gods/enki_ea.html   (967 words)

  
 Sumerian Gods and Goddesses - Crystalinks
Enki's youngest son, Ningizzida, was Lord of the Tree of Truth, in Mesopotamia.
The main temple of Enki was the so-called é-engur-ra, the "house of the (water-)deep"; it was in Eridu, which was in the wetlands of the Euphrates valley at some distance from the Persian Gulf.
Enki was considered a god of life and replenishment, and was often depicted with streams of water emanating from his shoulders.
www.crystalinks.com /sumergods.html   (4208 words)

  
 Enki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Enki, lord of the soul, Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq], is a creator god, god of wisdom, and god of sweet water.
Enki is perceived as filling the Tigris and Euphrates with sacred sweet water.
In one legend Enki generated plants from his own seamen and kept them in his body until he became ill. Then Ninhursaga placed him in her vagina and gave birth to his progeny.
www.themystica.org /mythical-folk/articles/enki.html   (312 words)

  
 Sumerian Gods, Demons and Immortals whose Names Start with 'E'
Enki's primary temple was the E.abzu, 'House of the Abzu,' a temple which, according to Sumerian texts, was exquisitely trimmed in silver and lapis lazuli.
He supplants Enki's rule of the Earth when he kills Tiamat and cleaves her corpse to lay it down on the seas of the Earth to create dry land.
Enzak was born on Dilmun, the son of Enki and Ninmah.
www.jameswbell.com /geog0050enames.html   (1385 words)

  
 Sumerian Mythology FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Enki is the son of Nammu, the primeval sea.
Inanna is rescued by the intervention of Enki.
Ninhursag for Enki She is born in response to Enki's mouth pain and Ninhursag declares that she should be the goddess who "sates the heart" (Kramer 1961 p.
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 Passion, lust and charm, or Enki and Ninhursag
Enki and Ninhursag are two of the most passionate and interesting divine couples in Mesopotamian mythology and religion, and the protagonists of myths, which are true delight.
Enki is the god of the Sweet Waters from the Abzu, or the sacred moisture that comes from within the earth, and that is the source of life to plants and all sorts of vegetation, ponds, lakes and rivers.
Enki is my personal god, and together with Inanna they form the Vision of the Transcendent Masculine and Feminine that speak more closely to my soul.
www.angelfire.com /tx/gatestobabylon/enkininhur2.html   (1115 words)

  
 Enki and the world order: translation
Enki, from whom a single glance is enough to unsettle the heart of the mountains; wherever bison are born, where stags are born, where ibex are born, where wild goats are born, in meadows......, in hollows in the heart of the hills, in green......
Enki placed in charge of all this her whose head and body are dappled, whose face is covered in syrup, the mistress who causes sexual intercourse, the power of the Land, the life of the fl-headed -- Acnan, the good bread of the whole world.
Enki placed in charge of them the hero who is the crown of the high plain, who is the king of the countryside, the great lion of the high plain, the muscular, the hefty, the burly strength of Enlil -- Cakkan, the king of the hills.
www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk /section1/tr113.htm   (3285 words)

  
 ApsuAbzuAbyssSeaHouseEnkiEaEridu
A god approaches Enki with upraised hand in greeting or salutation, with flames erupting from his shoulders and wearing a helmet or crown composed of layers of bull's horns.
Enki wears a similar helmet or crown of bull's horns, and his upraised hand returns the salutation or greeting.
Enki's "Sea-house mansion" is shown as a cubicle within the depths of the imaginary freshwater ocean which lies under the earth.
www.homestead.com /bibleorigins*net/ApsuAbzuAbyssSeaHouseEnkiEaEridu.html   (574 words)

  
 Spin Science - Online Resource - Enki - FPS special pt2
Enki is a member of the Citizens crew, alongside Faust, Shortee and T-Rock and has been slowly working his way into things dropping mixtapes and turning heads whenever he steps on the ones and twos.
DJ Enki is a resident at the weekly Money$hot FPS parties and a regular in the FPS roster for the last few years.
Enki is also an avid record collector and hiphop enthusiast, member of the Citizens crew and the Oakland Faders, since relocating to the West Coast.
www.spinscience.org.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=50   (3086 words)

  
 Enki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In addition to being the water-god, Enki was the god of wisdom and craftiness.
Enki was tied very closely to an ecological niche and the economy of the marshes in southermost Iraq.
In this impression from a cylinder seal, Enki is easily identifyed as the god (wearing a horned crown) with streams flowing from his shoulders.
home.nycap.rr.com /foxmob/enki.htm   (338 words)

  
 Enki - God of the Sweet Waters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"Enki whose name in Sumerian means 'lord of the earth', though in fact, he was the 'god of the sweet waters'.
"Enki is usually pictured with two streams, the Euphrates and the Tigris, flowing out of his shoulders or from a vase he holds.
Enki is the lord of the "Abzu (the watery abyss and also semen) and of wisdom.
www.mystae.com /restricted/streams/vela/enki.html   (331 words)

  
 Enki and Enlil
They were Enki (Ea), Lord of the Earth and Waters (whose mother was Antu), and Enlil (Ilu), Lord of the Air and Lord of the Command (whose mother was Ki).
Laurence Gardner points out: “Enki was not happy about his brother’s promotion because, although Enlil was the elder of the two, his mother (Ki) was Anu’s junior sister, whereas Enki’s mother (Antu) was the senior sister.
Enki was the serpent in the garden, who urged Adam and Eve to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (which was infinitely beneficial to their spiritual growth).
www.halexandria.org /dward184.htm   (2224 words)

  
 Enki and the World Order - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
Enki, the Sumerian God of the Sweet Fertilising Waters of the Deep, of Crafts, Magick and Wisdom is the son of Anu, the Skyfather, and Nammu, the Primeval Waters, and one of the most importan Mesopotamian gods, later known by the Babylonians and Assyrians as Ea.
Enki is described and the "lord, who walks nobly on heaven and earth, self-reliant", beloved by Anu the Skyfather, prized by Enlil, Lord Air, the leading god of the younger generation of Mesopotamian deities and Enki´s older brother.
Enki helped to bring Inanna from the Underworld to the Land of Living in the Descent of Inanna and healed the goddess who had been raped in Inanna and Shukalletuda, bestowing upon Her the Sacred Measures in the myth Inanna and Enki.
www.gatewaystobabylon.com /essays/essayenkiworld.html   (3574 words)

  
 MEMORIES OF ENKI & THE ANUNNAKI - Estelle Nora Harwit Amrani
Enki's symbols are water and electricity (as are mine).
I chose to do so for a while to hear what Enki has to say from his perspective in the present, and he was always loving, straight with me, and treated me well.
I have ceased working with Enki (for the most part) or other members of the family in order to do other kinds of more valuable work in further developing myself and my other interests - such as my connection to the Source, itself, and my own essence.
www.vibrani.com /Nakmemories.htm   (2692 words)

  
 ENKI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The poem begins with a hymn of praise addressed to Enki; some of it is destroyed and unintelligible, but generally speaking, it seems to exalt Enki as the god who watches over the universe and is responsible for the fertility of field and farm, flock and herd.
Enki now turns from the fates of the various lands which made up the Sumerian inhabited world and performs a whole series of acts vital to the earth's fertility and productiveness.
Enki, the ki-ng of the Abzu decrees its fate:
ragz-international.com /enkisumeria.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Enki and Ninmah - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
In this myth, Enki, the patron of all arts and crafts, the god of the sweet fertilising waters of the deep, wisdom and magic, is challenged to a creature-making contest by Ninmah, another name for Ninhursag, the Great Mother goddess and Enki´s feisty beloved.
Enki immediately replied, bitten, that whatever kind of human Ninmah created, he could turn to advantage the fate Ninmah bestowed upon him or her.
Enki looked at the man who could not bend his outstretched weak hands, and decreed his fate: he appointed him as a servant of the king.
www.gatewaystobabylon.com /myths/texts/enki/enkininmah.htm   (1808 words)

  
 ENKI BUILDS THE E-ENGURRA
Enki the Lord who decrees the fates, Built his house of silver and lapis lazuli; Its silver and lapis lazuli, like sparkling light, The father fashioned fittingly in the abyss.
Enki is now ready to proceed by boat to Nippur, where he will obtain Enlil's blessings for his newly built city and temple.
Enki seats himself in his boat and first arrives in Eridu itself.
www.piney.com /Babenkieridu.html   (585 words)

  
 Enki
Enki possessed the secret of me, 'culture, civilization', which is the genius of progress in knowledge to lead humanity.
In most myths his consort is Damkina, or Ninhursag, who gave him a daughter.
Enki is depicted on a relief holding Zu, the storm-bird.
www.pantheon.org /articles/e/enki.html   (145 words)

  
 Enki: The New Frontier - Campaign Background
Enki is a new agricultural colony, where player characters are lawmen, Commonwealth representatives, and their friends, trying to keep order, explore, and tame this strange new world.
Enki has no standing armed forces, but does have a small volunteer militia where members provide their own equipment.
Enki is typical of frontier colonies in that formal social position is not as well respected.
members.cox.net /cyberdungeon/nf_enkigame.html   (1788 words)

  
 The Unofficial Enki Biography
Enki is one of the oldest of the beings once worshipped as the Mesopotamian gods, in reality renegade Oans who had settled on Earth and enslaved mankind.
Once known as the god of water, Enki is known to have been a contemporary of Enlil, god of air.
When Enlil was killed and succeeded by his son Nergal, Enki opposed his rule and was subsequently overthrown by his own son Enkimdu (aided by Nergal).
www.dcuguide.com /profile.php?name=enki   (235 words)

  
 Enki: Homeschool Programs, Classroom Programs
Enki Education is a unique and innovative approach.
The Enki Classroom and Homeschool programs weave together many diverse elements in order to support our fundamental premise: the central task of education, whether in classroom or homeschool programs, is the integration of body, heart, and mind within each child.
For this reason, we have developed a Classroom and Homeschool curriculum in which the children can see their own strengths and struggles reflected in all peoples, and can experience human greatness in everyone, regardless of nationality, race, or religion.
www.enkieducation.org   (142 words)

  
 Comic creator: Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal, the son of a Czech mother and a Bosnian father, spent the first nine years of his life in Belgrade, where the ghost of World War II still haunted everyday life.
The Bilal family moved to Paris in 1961, where Enki Bilal was drawn to comics and cinema.
The result of Enki Bilal's efforts is a growing catalog of intense and atmospheric graphic novels.
lambiek.net /artists/b/bilal.htm   (220 words)

  
 Enki and Ninmah: translation
Enki and Ninmah drank beer, their hearts became elated, and then Ninmah said to Enki: "Man's body can be either good or bad and whether I make a fate good or bad depends on my will."
Enki answered Ninmah: "I will counterbalance whatever fate -- good or bad -- you happen to decide." Ninmah took clay from the top of the abzu in her hand and she fashioned from it first a man who could not bend his outstretched weak hands.
Enki said to Ninmah: "For your creatures I have decreed a fate, I have given them their daily bread.
www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk /section1/tr112.htm   (1280 words)

  
 DJ Enki - Biography: San Francisco Bay Area DJ, Writer, Artist, Journalist
A born-and-bred east coaster, Enki brought his burgeoning crates and skills out to Oakland, CA in 1998 and quickly set about establishing himself in perhaps the most competitive DJ scene in the country.
As Enki branched out from strictly hip-hop to incorporate funk, soul, rock, jazz, and all manner of head-nodding, crowd-rocking beats, he started to gain a reputation as a DJ who promises musical diversity and off-the-beaten-path selections all tied together in a unique, fun, and fluid way.
Today, Enki is the resident DJ for The Money$hot, which URB magazine recently named one of the five best weekly hip-hop parties in the country.
www.djenki.com /biography   (259 words)

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