Enki was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea. The main temple to Enki was in Eridu. He was the keeper of the holy Me (mythology). 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. Contrary to the translation of his name ("en" meaning lord, and "ki" meaning earth), he is the lord of the Abzu, the watery abyss. His name is possibly an epithet bestowed on him for the creation of the first man, Adamu, or Adapa. Male presence, deity of water and the creation. He had sexual relations with his female offspring during various generations. Marriages between relatives have always been a ordinary practice among deities. According to Sumerian mythology, the Lord Enki allowed humanity to survive the Deluge designed to kill them. After Enlil, Anu and the rest of the apparent Council of Deities, decided that Man would suffer total annihilation, he covertly rescued the human man Utnapishtim by either instructing him to build some kind of an ark for his family, or by bringing him into the heavens in a magic boat. This is similar to the story of Noah's Ark in the Bible, though the Ziusudra myth in itself may be rooted in yet older myths. Enki was the Elder who created life and replenishment and the 'human being' project, and was often depicted with streams of water emanating from his shoulders. Alongside him were trees symbolising the male and female aspects of nature, each holding the male and female aspects of the 'Life Essence', which he, as a super magician and alchemist and leader of the pantheon of The Elders, would masterfully mix to create several beings that would live upon the face of the earth. Enki created a being called LU.LU. by mixing the Life Essence of animals with the Life Essence of The Elders. This LU.LU. (which means mixed), would go on to receive more Elder-like attributes as a result of Enki's creator-ambitions, and subsequently humans were created. Enki intended human beings to develop into 'daemons' (the Greek word 'daimon' means a spirit that is endowed with powers of a deity, and acts as an intermediary between The Elders and humanity.) == References in popular culture == * In the science fiction book ''Snow Crash'', by Neal Stephenson, Enki is portrayed as a proto-hacker. == See also == * Sumerian mythology * Mesopotamia * Ancient Near East Sumerian gods Sumerian mythology
According to Sumarian Mythology, the 'physical' god-being Lord Enki (as opposed to the personified archetype) was a propenent of allowing humanity survive the Flood that caused the Great Collapse in 12,000 BCE. After Enlil, Anu and the rest of the apparent Council of Heaven decided that Man would undergo total annihilation and rebirth, he covertly rescued the human man Ziusudra by either instructing him to build some kind of an ark for his family, or by bringing him into the heavens in a magic boat. This is apparently the source for the Noah's Ark myth, though the Ziusudra myth in itself may be rooted in yet older myths dating back as far as 11,000 BCE (but there is no way of proving it at present, due to the apparent nonexistence of writing during the time that these myths presumably existed--they are generally reverse-engineered to some degree from the oral traditions of indigenous peoples). :The above was written by User:Khranus, who was well-known for trying to add ridiculous crank theories to Wikipedia before he eventually got banned. However, unlike the stuff he'd tried adding directly to this article about some entity called LULU, the stuff here in talk looks vaguely plausible to me. Would anyone familiar with Sumerian mythology please comment? User:Bryan Derksen 08:14, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- what is a proto-hacker? prototype of a modern hacker. Yes the above text about enki is quite true. --User:Konrads 20:31, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Ah, yes: the 'Great Collapse' of 12,000 B.C. The Barley Market Crash. This entry requires Adult attention. (I'm not the most competent in this area...)--User:Wetman 13:27, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) == article partly wrong ! ==
Enki was a young son of Nammu and An.
Enki was married to Ninhursag.
Enki made love with his daughter : Ninsar and got a baby-girl : Ninkurra.
Later, he made love with Ninkurra and got a baby-girl : Uttu.
Great Collapse in 12,000 BCE is false. There was no great collapse, but a flood which happened in about 3150 BC.
The given dates are wrong : sumerians exist only since 4000 BC !
LU.LU didnt exist.
After his death, Enki became the God of the water and Magic.
Zecharia Sitchin and "The Lost Book of Enki" : this book is full of false things. The theory is false and contains science-fiction. This has nothing to do in Wikipedia...how sad.
User:Splash 22:39, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
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Enki was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea. The main temple to Enki was in Eridu. He was the keeper of the holy Me (mythology). 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. Contrary to the translation of his name ("en" meaning lord, and "ki" meaning earth), he is the lord of the Abzu, the watery abyss. His name is possibly an epithet bestowed on him for the creation of the first man, Adamu, or Adapa. Male presence, deity of water and the creation. He had sexual relations with his female offspring during various generations. Marriages between relatives have always been a ordinary practice among deities. According to Sumerian mythology, the Lord Enki allowed humanity to survive the Deluge designed to kill them. After Enlil, Anu and the rest of the apparent Council of Deities, decided that Man would suffer total annihilation, he covertly rescued the human man Utnapishtim by either instructing him to build some kind of an ark for his family, or by bringing him into the heavens in a magic boat. This is similar to the story of Noah's Ark in the Bible, though the Ziusudra myth in itself may be rooted in yet older myths. Enki was the Elder who created life and replenishment and the 'human being' project, and was often depicted with streams of water emanating from his shoulders. Alongside him were trees symbolising the male and female aspects of nature, each holding the male and female aspects of the 'Life Essence', which he, as a super magician and alchemist and leader of the pantheon of The Elders, would masterfully mix to create several beings that would live upon the face of the earth. Enki created a being called LU.LU. by mixing the Life Essence of animals with the Life Essence of The Elders. This LU.LU. (which means mixed), would go on to receive more Elder-like attributes as a result of Enki's creator-ambitions, and subsequently humans were created. Enki intended human beings to develop into 'daemons' (the Greek word 'daimon' means a spirit that is endowed with powers of a deity, and acts as an intermediary between The Elders and humanity.) == References in popular culture == * In the science fiction book ''Snow Crash'', by Neal Stephenson, Enki is portrayed as a proto-hacker. == See also == * Sumerian mythology * Mesopotamia * Ancient Near East Sumerian gods Sumerian mythology
Enki
According to Sumarian Mythology, the 'physical' god-being Lord Enki (as opposed to the personified archetype) was a propenent of allowing humanity survive the Flood that caused the Great Collapse in 12,000 BCE. After Enlil, Anu and the rest of the apparent Council of Heaven decided that Man would undergo total annihilation and rebirth, he covertly rescued the human man Ziusudra by either instructing him to build some kind of an ark for his family, or by bringing him into the heavens in a magic boat. This is apparently the source for the Noah's Ark myth, though the Ziusudra myth in itself may be rooted in yet older myths dating back as far as 11,000 BCE (but there is no way of proving it at present, due to the apparent nonexistence of writing during the time that these myths presumably existed--they are generally reverse-engineered to some degree from the oral traditions of indigenous peoples). :The above was written by User:Khranus, who was well-known for trying to add ridiculous crank theories to Wikipedia before he eventually got banned. However, unlike the stuff he'd tried adding directly to this article about some entity called LULU, the stuff here in talk looks vaguely plausible to me. Would anyone familiar with Sumerian mythology please comment? User:Bryan Derksen 08:14, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- what is a proto-hacker? prototype of a modern hacker. Yes the above text about enki is quite true. --User:Konrads 20:31, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Ah, yes: the 'Great Collapse' of 12,000 B.C. The Barley Market Crash. This entry requires Adult attention. (I'm not the most competent in this area...)--User:Wetman 13:27, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) == article partly wrong ! ==
Enki was a young son of Nammu and An.
Enki was married to Ninhursag.
Enki made love with his daughter : Ninsar and got a baby-girl : Ninkurra.
Later, he made love with Ninkurra and got a baby-girl : Uttu.
Great Collapse in 12,000 BCE is false. There was no great collapse, but a flood which happened in about 3150 BC.
The given dates are wrong : sumerians exist only since 4000 BC !
LU.LU didnt exist.
After his death, Enki became the God of the water and Magic.
Zecharia Sitchin and "The Lost Book of Enki" : this book is full of false things. The theory is false and contains science-fiction. This has nothing to do in Wikipedia...how sad.
Enki
User:Splash 22:39, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
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