Great Mountain

E307010

Great Mountain is an epithet of the Mesopotamian god Enlil, highlighting his supreme authority and towering, foundational role in the cosmos.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Mountain canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
appearsIn Akkadian literary texts ⓘ
Sumerian literary texts ⓘ
appliedToDeity Enlil ⓘ
associatedWithPantheon Mesopotamian pantheon ⓘ
centerOfCultRegion Nippur ⓘ
cosmicRole axis between heaven and earth ⓘ
foundation of the universe ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
denotesAttribute cosmic sovereignty ⓘ
foundational role in the cosmos ⓘ
supreme authority ⓘ
describesDomain heaven and earth ⓘ
epithetType cosmic epithet ⓘ
theological epithet ⓘ
functionInTexts to emphasize Enlil’s foundational cosmic role ⓘ
to exalt Enlil’s supremacy ⓘ
honorificFor chief god ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Sumerian ⓘ
linkedConcept cosmic order ⓘ
creation ⓘ
divine kingship ⓘ
refersTo Enlil ⓘ
religiousTradition Akkadian religion ⓘ
Sumerian religion ⓘ
symbolizes cosmic centrality ⓘ
height ⓘ
stability ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
titleOf Enlil, chief god of the Mesopotamian pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Enlil
usedIn Mesopotamian hymns ⓘ
Mesopotamian prayers ⓘ
Mesopotamian royal inscriptions ⓘ
worshipContext state cult of Enlil ⓘ
temple liturgy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enlil → epithet → Great Mountain ⓘ
Mount Agung → nameMeaning → Great Mountain ⓘ
Mahameru → nameMeaning → Great Mountain ⓘ