EN.KI, or Enki (𒂗 𒆠 Template:Lang) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú), mischief, crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud). He was originally patron god of the city of Eridu. He was associated with the constellation AŠ-IKU, the Field (Square of Pegasus).[1] Beginning around the second millennium BCE, he was sometimes referred to in writing by the numeric ideogram for "40", occasionally referred to as his "sacred number".[2][3][4] The planet Mercury, in Sumerian times, identified with Enki.
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- ↑ Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions by J.H. Rogers
- ↑ Jeremy A. Black, Jeremy Black, Anthony Green, Tessa Rickards, Gods, demons, and symbols of ancient Mesopotamia (1992), University of Texas Press, p. 145.
- ↑ Benjamin R. Foster, Chpt. 4 "Mesopotamia" from A Handbook of Ancient Religions edited by John R. Hinnells (2007), Cambridge University Press, p. 174.
- ↑ W. Röllig, "Götterzahlen", Reallexikon der Assyriologie, III (1957-1971), p. 500.