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("Lord-Earth"; Nudimmud; Babylonian Ea; Jewish/Enochian Azaz-El; Greek Prometheus; Hindu Vishnu) God of wisdom and water, who along with Ninmah, fashions man from clay
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One of the most important gods of Mesopotamian civilizations. He ruled the force of water was son of the supreme god Anu. Also called Ea.
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Enki was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea. The main temple to Enki was in Eridu. He was the keeper of the holy Me. His symbols included a goat and a fish, which later combined into a single beast, the Capricorn, which became one of the signs of the zodiac. Contrary to the translation of his name ("en" meaning lord, and "ki" meaning earth), he is the lord of the Abzu, the watery abyss.
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water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea
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Enki (DEN.KI(G)) was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology, originally chief God of the city of Eridu.
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