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• The attributing of
human shape or
characteristics to
gods, objects,
animals, etc.
• Ki in the
Sumerian. Gaia
(earth mother)
in the Greek.
There is a
Modern day
Biological
Theory
(Gaia hypothesis)
That examines
This ancient idea
From a present
Day scientific
Perspective.
Gilgamesh: Major Gods and
Goddesses
• Adad
•Antum
• Anunnaki
•Aya
• Anu •Ea/Enki
• Aruru •Enlil
• Ishtar/Inanna •Lugulbanda
• Ninurta •Ninsun
• Nisaba •Samuqan
•Shamash
• Like the Greek gods and many
other cultures, the Sumerian gods
• Comprise a pantheon, the gods
• Of a people taken collectively,
• Or a treatise on them.
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