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109: 2809: 262: 3318: 22: 564:, the god of literacy. When the Eshumesha gods hear Nabu speak, they come out of their temple to search for him. Marduk defeats the Eshumesha gods and takes 360 of them as prisoners of war, including Enlil himself. Enlil protests that the Eshumesha gods are innocent, so Marduk puts them on trial before the Anunnaki. The text ends with a warning from Damkianna (another name for Ninhursag) to the gods and to humanity, pleading them not to repeat the war between the Anunnaki and the gods of Eshumesha. 232:, which were used for transporting their cult statues by land. Sometimes a deity's cult statue would be transported to the location of a battle so that the deity could watch the battle unfold. The major deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon, which included the Anunnaki, were believed to participate in the "assembly of the gods", through which the gods made all of their decisions. This assembly was seen as a divine counterpart to the 573: 3624: 394: 790:, has claimed that the reptilian overlords of his theory are in fact the Anunnaki. Clearly influenced by Sitchin's writings, Icke adapts them "in favor of his own New Age and conspiratorial agenda". Icke's speculation on the Anunnaki incorporates far-right views on history, positing an Aryan master race descended by blood from the Anunnaki. It also incorporates 560:. Enlil is enraged at Marduk's transgression and orders the gods of Eshumesha to take Marduk and the other Anunnaki as prisoners. The Anunnaki are captured, but Marduk appoints his front-runner Mushteshirhablim to lead a revolt against the gods of Eshumesha and sends his messenger Neretagmil to alert 320:
Although certain deities are described as members of the Anunnaki, no complete list of the names of all the Anunnaki has survived and they are usually only referred to as a cohesive group in literary texts. Furthermore, Sumerian texts describe the Anunnaki inconsistently and do not agree on how many
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Although the names of the Anunnaki in Hurrian and Hittite texts frequently vary, they are always eight in number. In one Hittite ritual, the names of the old gods are listed as: "Aduntarri the diviner, Zulki the dream interpretess, Irpitia Lord of the Earth, Narā, Namšarā, Minki, Amunki, and Āpi."
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The Anunnaki are chiefly mentioned in literary texts and very little evidence to support the existence of any cult of them has yet been unearthed. This is likely because each member of the Anunnaki had his or her own individual cult, separate from the others. Similarly, no representations of the
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Virtually every major deity in the Sumerian pantheon was regarded as the patron of a specific city and was expected to protect that city's interests. The deity was believed to permanently reside within that city's temple. One text mentions as many as fifty Anunnaki associated with the city of
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2144–2124 BC) and the Third Dynasty of Ur. In the earliest texts, the term is applied to the most powerful and important deities in the Sumerian pantheon: the descendants of the sky-god An.This group of deities probably included the "seven gods who decree":
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Anunnaki as a complete group have yet been discovered, although a few depictions of two or three individual members together have been identified. Deities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively
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laws, these three elements apparently linked only by superficial linguistic similarity. He formulated his views on the Anunnaki in the 1990s and has written several books about his theory.
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were given constant care and attention and a set of priests was assigned to tend to them. These priests would clothe the statues and place feasts before them so they could "eat". A deity's
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as a slave species of miners. Sitchin claimed that the Anunnaki were forced to temporarily leave Earth's surface and orbit the planet when Antarctic glaciers melted, causing the
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are introduced. The relationship between the Anunnaki and the Igigi is unclear. On some occasions, the categories appear to be used synonymously, but in other writings, such as
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claimed that extraterrestrial "ancient astronauts" had visited a prehistoric Earth. Däniken explains the origins of religions as reactions to contact with an
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Reverence begets favour, sacrifice prolongs life, and prayer atones for guilt. He who fears the gods is not slighted by He who fears the Anunnaki extends .
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Anunnaki there were, or what their divine function was. Originally, the Anunnaki appear to have been heavenly deities with immense powers. In the poem
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Lewis, Tyson; Kahn, Richard (2005), "The Reptoid Hypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational Motifs in David Icke's Alien Conspiracy Theory",
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epic, the Igigi are the sixth generation of the gods who are forced to perform labor for the Anunnaki. After forty days, the Igigi rebel and the god
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writes that, according to Sitchin, "the Annunaki built the pyramids and all the other monumental structures from around the ancient world that
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and causing a disturbance. The disturbance causes a flood, which forces the resident gods of Nippur to take shelter in the Eshumesha temple to
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theorists consider so impossible to build without highly advanced technologies." Sitchin expanded on this mythology in later works, including
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which were normally stored inside their temples and were used to transport their cult statues along waterways during various
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to fetch the Anunnaki from Egalgina, to "decorate the threshold steps with coral", and to "seat them on golden thrones".
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Major deities in Sumerian mythology were associated with specific celestial bodies. Inanna was believed to be the planet
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The Hittite account of the old gods' banishment to the Underworld is closely related with the Greek poet
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The old gods had no identifiable cult in the Hurrio-Hittite religion; instead, the Hurrians and Hittites
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could also be worn by heroes, kings, giants, and even demons. The effect that seeing a deity's
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stands trial before them for her attempt to take over the Underworld; they deem her guilty of
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was believed to be that deity's literal place of residence. The gods had boats, full-sized
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Akkadian texts of the second millennium BC follow similar portrayals of the Anunnaki from
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was applied to the heavenly deities. During this period, the underworld deities
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equivalent to Inanna) and the Anunnaki mourn over the destruction of humanity.
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BC depicting the deities Inanna, Utu, and Enki, three members of the Anunnaki
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depicting ancient Mesopotamian gods wearing characteristic horned crowns (
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was applied generally to the deities of the underworld; whereas the name
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in a pit dug in the ground. The old gods were often invoked to perform
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1830 BC – c. 1531 BC), a new set of deities known as the
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claimed that the Anunnaki were actually an advanced
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(2003), 2288:978-1-78023-639-1 2268:978-1-86189-430-4 2253:Fritze, Ronald H. 2208:Dalley, Stephanie 2180:978-1-78404-478-7 2031:, pp. 51–52. 1874:, pp. 27–30. 1862:, pp. 29–30. 1850:, pp. 27–29. 1838:, pp. 26–27. 1783:, pp. 25–26. 1618:, pp. 34–35. 1606:, pp. 33–34. 1487:, pp. 29–30. 1267:, pp. 44–45. 1109:, pp. 93–94. 992:, pp. 72–75. 977:, pp. 72–73. 774:pseudoarchaeology 750:ancient astronaut 704:In his 1976 book 691:Erich von Däniken 580:, a sanctuary at 501:Epic of Gilgamesh 201:, a word for the 88:, descendants of 3703: 3626: 3625: 3600:Sîn-lēqi-unninni 3330: 3320: 3162: 3140: 3133: 3126: 3117: 3025:Demons, spirits, 2811: 2758: 2751: 2744: 2735: 2717: 2701:Wolkstein, Diane 2696: 2672: 2652: 2633: 2613: 2593: 2572: 2549: 2523: 2503: 2486: 2465: 2445: 2425: 2405: 2381: 2345: 2334: 2323: 2300: 2291: 2271: 2248: 2239: 2226: 2203: 2183: 2165: 2164: 2162: 2141: 2123: 2103: 2079: 2078: 2076: 2074: 2050: 2044: 2038: 2032: 2026: 2020: 2014: 2008: 2002: 1996: 1990: 1984: 1978: 1969: 1963: 1952: 1946: 1937: 1931: 1925: 1919: 1906: 1900: 1887: 1881: 1875: 1869: 1863: 1857: 1851: 1845: 1839: 1833: 1827: 1821: 1815: 1805: 1799: 1793: 1784: 1778: 1772: 1766: 1755: 1749: 1740: 1730: 1713: 1707: 1692: 1682: 1676: 1670: 1655: 1649: 1640: 1634: 1619: 1613: 1607: 1601: 1595: 1589: 1583: 1577: 1571: 1565: 1556: 1550: 1541: 1535: 1529: 1523: 1512: 1506: 1500: 1494: 1488: 1482: 1476: 1470: 1464: 1458: 1452: 1446: 1440: 1434: 1428: 1425:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1422: 1411: 1405: 1399: 1396:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1393: 1387: 1381: 1370: 1364: 1358: 1355:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1352: 1346: 1343:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1340: 1331: 1325: 1319: 1313: 1307: 1301: 1295: 1289: 1283: 1277: 1268: 1262: 1253: 1247: 1241: 1238:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1235: 1229: 1226:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1223: 1214: 1211:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1208: 1199: 1193: 1180: 1174: 1168: 1165:Nemet-Nejat 1998 1162: 1153: 1147: 1134: 1128: 1122: 1116: 1110: 1104: 1098: 1092: 1081: 1075: 1046: 1043:Falkenstein 1965 1040: 1034: 1028: 993: 987: 978: 972: 963: 957: 951: 945: 939: 933: 927: 921: 915: 909: 884: 878: 854:Twelve Olympians 849:Tuatha Dé Danann 746:Ronald H. 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Index


foundation figures
deities
Sumerians
Akkadians
Assyrians
Babylonians
pantheon
An
Ki
decree the fates of humanity

Akkadian
cylinder seal
vegetation goddess
Ninhursag
An
An
Ki
Samuel Noah Kramer
Ninhursag
Enlil
anthropomorphic
physical tingling of the flesh
Heaven
cult statues
temple
barges
religious festivals
chariots

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