ENLIL. - Second god of the Mesopotamian divine triad, composed of Anu, god of the sky, of E., and of Ea, god of water. He was the principal god of the Sumerians, in the center of whose country stood the city of Nippur with its famous sanctuary. He was worshiped as god of the earth and of the storm: indeed his Sumerian name has the value of "lord of the wind." His son was Nimurta, who was also much adored by the Sumerians and by the Babylonians and Assyrians. Of the life of E. many traits were narrated in mythological tales, which give prominence especially to his character as a god who punishes the misdeeds of men: it would have been he who brought about the universal flood.
Furlani, Giuseppe. “Enlil.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 363–364. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/enlil.
MLA
Furlani, Giuseppe. “Enlil.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 363–364. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/enlil.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_enlil,
author = {Furlani, Giuseppe},
title = {Enlil},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {363--364},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/enlil}
}
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