Anunnaki

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The Anunnaki are a group of ancient Mesopotamian deities associated with the heavens, the underworld, and divine authority in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian mythology.

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Anunnaki canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian deities
group of deities
mythological beings
associatedDeity An
Enki
Enlil
associatedWith divine authority
heavens
underworld
category Mesopotamian gods
sky gods
underworld gods
contrastedWith Igigi
cosmicDomain earth
heaven
underworld
culture Mesopotamian culture
describedAs great gods
distinctionFrom not considered extraterrestrials in original Mesopotamian sources
etymology name likely derived from Sumerian elements related to "princely seed" or "offspring of An"
languageOfAttestation Akkadian
Babylonian
linked to: Babylonians

Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
mentionedIn Atrahasis epic
linked to: Atrahasis

Enuma Elish
Epic of Gilgamesh
modernReception subject of pseudoscientific ancient astronaut theories
mythicFunction participation in creation and ordering of the world
participation in divine judgment
mythologicalRole judges of the dead
regulators of fates
partOf Akkadian mythology
Babylonian mythology
Mesopotamian mythology
Sumerian mythology
linked to: Sumerian religion
religion Akkadian religion
Babylonian religion
Sumerian religion
role chthonic deities
divine council
sky deities
scholarlyInterpretation term used variably for major gods and for a broader divine assembly
sourceType cuneiform texts
worshipPeriod 3rd millennium BCE
worshipRegion Akkad
Assyria
Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sumer

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Anu parentOf Anunnaki
Anu memberOf Anunnaki
Ki parentOf Anunnaki