1D1.
ANU3
(ANSHAR2,APSU1) {aka AN,
Anum, Alalu, The Old God, The Sky, The Great Father Of The Sky,
The Lord Of The Old City, The Lord Of The City Of Erech} ANU was
the Great King, the King of the Gods. Whereas the ancestors of
ANU were deities, ANU was the first to be considered a god to
reign over all the rest. According to
Zecharia Sitchin, in his
Earth Chronicles series, ANU gained his superiority over the
rest of the Anunnaki gods by deposing the ruler Alalu on his
home planet, Nibiru, the twelfth planet in the solar system.
At the time, the planet Nibiru was
undergoing a period in which its atmosphere was being eroded,
and the existence of its people, the Nephilim or Anunnaki, was
being threatened. Alalu escaped ANU's wrath, and found refuge on
the planet Earth in the same solar system as Nibiru. Alalu
discovered that the Earth bore gold that could be used to
protect Nibiru's atmosphere. This took place around 450,000
years B.C., according to present-day reckoning. ANU, himself,
came to Earth around 416,000 B.C., with his youngest son, EN.LIL.
ANU was the god by whose grace, kingship (aka Anutu, or 'Anu'-ship)
flowed to earthly kings. ANU is often believed to have been the
original principle, the 'god', of nature. He was once the
universe in the form of both the upper and lower regions; and
then he was divided in two, the upper region (i.e. heaven)
remaining ANU and the lower region (i.e. earth) becoming his
'sister' / consort, ANATU. ANU bore children by both of his
sisters, ANTU and KI, and by NIMUL, who was neither an official
spouse or a half-sister (and for that reason, the firstborn son
was destined not to be the rightful heir).
Child of ANU and NIMUL is:
A.
E.A. / EN.KI4
Children of ANU and KI or ANTU are:
B.
NIN.HUR.SAG
C. EN.LIL
Other Children of ANU (by various
consorts) are:
D. HEA
E.
LUGAL-EDIN
F. LATARAK
G. AB.GULA
H. KU.SU
I. RAM.MAN
J. GI.BIL
K. ISTAR
1D2.
ANTU3
(ANSHAR2,APSU1) {aka Nammu,
Anatu, Antum, The Lady Of The Sky, The Primeval Sea} ANTU gave
birth to the heaven and earth, according to some traditions. But
the Babylonian traditions maintain that ANTU was formed out of
ANU. In her association with the Primeval Sea, ANTU is sometimes
compared to Istar or Venus; she is sometimes referred to as the
'female fish-god.' ANTU does not exist in the Akkadian
mythology; she arose as a distinct contrast/complement to ANU
through the mythology of the Semites.
1D3.
KI3 (ANSHAR2,APSU1)
{aka Urash, Nin.Hur.Sag, Nin.Khur.Sag, Nin.Ma, Nin.Mah, Nin.Ki,
Nin.Tu, The Lady Of The Mountainhead, Queen Of The Mountains,
The Exalted Lady} According to some accounts, NIN.HUR.SAG was
the daughter of ANU and KI; in others, she was actually KI
herself. KI was the embodiment of the archetypal 'earth
goddess'.
1D4.
ELUM3 (ANSHAR2,APSU1)
{aka Bel, Enu, Mul, Lord Of The City Of Nipur} ELUM married
BELAT {aka Beltis}. ELUM was the lord of the surface of the
earth and controlled the affairs of humans.
Children of ELUM and BELAT are:
A. SIN4
B. NIN.GAL
C. NINI