The Sumerian gods, such as An, Ki, Enlil, and Enki, do not merely represent anthropomorphic figures but also primordial forces of the universe that act together to transform chaos into an ...

the seat of Enlil, god of the elements. There, only 100 miles south of Baghdad, it has uncovered perhaps the finest Sumerian find in 25 years—more than 50 ritual objects, vases, bas-reliefs and ...

TWO-thirds god, one-third man — Gilgamesh, King of the Sumerian city of Uruk ... devotee of god Enlil, the petrifying demon Humbaba. The goddess of love, Ishtar sent the rampaging Bull of ...