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Dec 7
a-world-at-war:      Enlil “Lord of the storm.” was the name of the cheif deity of the Sumerians. He was the god of breath, wind, loft, and breadth (height and distance). He is said to have been created by an exhaled breath of An and Ki (God of heavens and goddess of earth) after sexual union. The myth of Enlil and Ninlil states that when Enlil was a young god he was banished from the home of the gods, Dilmun, after raping a godess named Ninlil. After his crime he was banished to the underworld, Kur, which is where Ninlil followed him and bore his first child Nergal, and/or the moon god Sin. Only after Enlil had fathered 3 more children (Underworld deities, replacements for Sin) he was allowed to return to Dilmun. Enlil was known as the inventor of the mattock (a key agricultural pick, hoe, ax or digging tool of the Sumerians) and caused plants to grow. Alright, mythfans. New blog over here examining warfare in the most ancient of ancient worlds. Above is a recent post on Enlil, the Sumerian sky-god (notice the familiar fork-like things he holds: commanding lightning in the same style as Baal, and later Zeus). Give the blog a look! It’s called A World at War. A lot of informative stuff there, already! I’ll be paying attention to the posts!

a-world-at-war:

     Enlil “Lord of the storm.” was the name of the cheif deity of the Sumerians. He was the god of breath, wind, loft, and breadth (height and distance). He is said to have been created by an exhaled breath of An and Ki (God of heavens and goddess of earth) after sexual union. The myth of Enlil and Ninlil states that when Enlil was a young god he was banished from the home of the gods, Dilmun, after raping a godess named Ninlil. After his crime he was banished to the underworld, Kur, which is where Ninlil followed him and bore his first child Nergal, and/or the moon god Sin. Only after Enlil had fathered 3 more children (Underworld deities, replacements for Sin) he was allowed to return to Dilmun. Enlil was known as the inventor of the mattock (a key agricultural pick, hoe, ax or digging tool of the Sumerians) and caused plants to grow.

Alright, mythfans. New blog over here examining warfare in the most ancient of ancient worlds. Above is a recent post on Enlil, the Sumerian sky-god (notice the familiar fork-like things he holds: commanding lightning in the same style as Baal, and later Zeus).

Give the blog a look! It’s called A World at War. A lot of informative stuff there, already! I’ll be paying attention to the posts!

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