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Enki

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En·ki  (nk)
n. Mythology
The Mesopotamian god of waters and primeval establisher of law and order.
[Sumerian en-ki-k, lord of the earth : en, lord + ki, earth + -k, genitive suff.]
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Noun1.Enki - water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea
Sumer - an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC


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During the exile Jews equated Yahweh with the Mesopotamian deity Ea or Enki (god of the fresh waters) to produce an image of Yahweh as bringer of fertility.
Bernhard Lang, The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient Deity by Gnuse, Robert / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Enki Bilal's sets locate the action in what looks like an abandoned factory, where the homeless live in hole's in the walls and militiamen patrol the roof with searchlights and guard dogs.
BALLET PRELJOCAJ by NAUDE, ALICE / Dance Magazine
The portrayal of a deity shaping the first humans out of clay appears in both ancient Egyptian creation mythology (where the god Khnum is the creator) and Sumerian myths (in one story the god Enki is the creator and in another the goddess Ninmah).
Science, religion, and public school education by Larue, Gerald A. / The Humanist
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