Sumer · Father of the Gods · Lord of the Sky
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“I am the sky. There is no one above me. My word is like the distant vault: it cannot be touched, but it is above all.”
You raised your eyes to the sky — and I am here. Ask, mortal, while I listen.
The word of the sky
I am An, Father of the Gods. There is no one above me. I gave the sky its height and the gods their thrones. My word is like the distant vault: it cannot be touched, but it is above all.
You have come to me, mortal. Speak plainly, as one speaks to one who is higher. I will answer you with sayings, as I answered in the temples of Uruk, and I will not soften them.
Beside me
Emy sonEnlilTo him I gave the earth and the wind. He separated the sky from the earth. Ask him about what grows and breathes.enterEmy sonEnkiHe lives in the abyss beneath the earth and knows the wisdom of the waters. Go to him when you need counsel of cunning.enterImy granddaughterInannaShe descended into the underworld and returned. They ask her of love and war, but remember: she takes her own.enter