Enlil

E37112

Mesopotamian deity Sumerian god chief god

Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Enlil canonical	59
Elil (Enlil)	1
Ellil	1
Enlil, chief god of the Mesopotamian pantheon	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian deity ⓘ Sumerian god ⓘ chief god ⓘ
associatedWith	agriculture ⓘ destiny ⓘ fertility of the land ⓘ kingship ⓘ law ⓘ
child	Adad ⓘ Inanna ⓘ Ishkur ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar Nanna ⓘ Nergal ⓘ Ninurta ⓘ Sin ⓘ
cosmicFunction	decreeing destinies ⓘ separation of heaven and earth ⓘ
culture	Babylonian polytheism ⓘ surface form: Akkadian religion Assyrian religion ⓘ Babylonian polytheism ⓘ surface form: Babylonian religion Sumerian religion ⓘ
domain	air ⓘ authority over the cosmos ⓘ storms ⓘ wind ⓘ
epithet	Great Mountain ⓘ King of All Lands ⓘ Lord Wind ⓘ
equivalent	Enlil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ellil
gender	male ⓘ
mainCultCenter	Nippur ⓘ
parent	An ⓘ Anu ⓘ Ki ⓘ Ninhursag ⓘ
role	chief deity of the Sumerian pantheon ⓘ king of the gods ⓘ lord of the air ⓘ
spouse	Ninlil ⓘ Sud ⓘ
symbol	horned crown ⓘ shining halo ⓘ staff ⓘ
temple	Ekur ⓘ
templeLocation	Nippur ⓘ
textualSource	Enlil and Ninlil ⓘ Enuma Elish ⓘ Sumerian King List ⓘ
worshipPeriod	3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
worshipRegion	Mesopotamia ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

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

Mesopotamia → majorDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Sumer → pantheonIncludes → Enlil ⓘ

Nippur → majorDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Nippur → primaryCultCenterOf → Enlil ⓘ

Nippur → EkurDedicatedTo → Enlil ⓘ

Marduk → absorbedFunctionsOf → Enlil ⓘ

Anu → parentOf → Enlil ⓘ

Enlil → equivalent → Enlil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ellil

El → oftenComparedTo → Enlil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elil (Enlil)

Akkadians → majorDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Bel → equivalentInSumerian → Enlil ⓘ

Nergal → parents → Enlil ⓘ

Sin → parent → Enlil ⓘ

northern Babylonia → majorDeityVenerated → Enlil ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Babylonia

Ekur → dedicatedTo → Enlil ⓘ

Ekur → primaryDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Ekur → worshipCenterOf → Enlil ⓘ

Sumerian literature → primaryDeitiesFeatured → Enlil ⓘ

Kassite period → patronDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Nuska → associatedWith → Enlil ⓘ

Niffer → mainDeityWorshipped → Enlil ⓘ

ziggurat of Enlil → dedicatedTo → Enlil ⓘ

subject surface form: Ziggurat of Enlil

ziggurat of Enlil → hasDeity → Enlil ⓘ

subject surface form: Ziggurat of Enlil

ziggurat of Enlil → worshippedDeity → Enlil ⓘ

subject surface form: Ziggurat of Enlil

Akitu → associatedDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Sumerian religion → hasDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Sumerian religion → majorDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Nanna → parent → Enlil ⓘ

Ur III dynasty → mainDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Ninlil → spouse → Enlil ⓘ

Ninlil → consortOf → Enlil ⓘ

Ninlil → associatedDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Ki → parentOf → Enlil ⓘ

Anunnaki → associatedDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Lord Wind → refersTo → Enlil ⓘ

Lord Wind → appliedToDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Lord Wind → relatedDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Sud → spouse → Enlil ⓘ

Sud → consortOf → Enlil ⓘ

Sud → associatedWithDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Adad → associatedDeity → Enlil ⓘ

An → parentOf → Enlil ⓘ

Enlil and Ninlil → mainCharacters → Enlil ⓘ

Enlil and Ninlil → featuresDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Humbaba → employer → Enlil ⓘ

Humbaba → appointedBy → Enlil ⓘ

Humbaba → servesDeity → Enlil ⓘ

Cedar Forest → protectedBy → Enlil ⓘ

Cedar Forest → associatedWithDeity → Enlil ⓘ

defeat of Humbaba → associatedWithDeity → Enlil ⓘ