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The Babylonian god of primordial waters.

[Akkadian.]


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Ea (seated) and attendant deities, Sumerian cylinder seal, c. 2300 ; in the Pierpont Morgan …
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Ea (seated) and attendant deities, Sumerian cylinder seal, c. 2300 ; in the Pierpont Morgan … (credit: Courtesy of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York)
In Mesopotamian religion, the god of water. He formed a triad of deities with Anu and Bel. Originally a local deity in the city of Eridu, he evolved into the lord of the fresh waters beneath the earth, the god of ritual purification, and a patron of sorcery and incantations. Akkadian mythology makes him the father of Marduk. His counterpart among the Sumerians was Enki, from whose half-fish, half-goat form the astrological figure of Capricorn is derived.

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(Enki) [Di]

Sumerian god of sweet water, purification, and wisdom. Together with Anu and Enlil he held the chief power over Sumer. He was the god that created the world and has power over humanity.
 
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Ea (ā'ä) or Enki (ĕng'kē), ancient water god of Sumerian origin, worshiped in Babylonian religion. The great benefactor of mankind, Ea was called the lord of wisdom, of magic, and of the arts and sciences. With the sky god Anu and the earth god Enlil, or Bel, he was the third of the great divine triad.

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