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Also known as An, Anum
Anu ( , from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An ( ), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. He was regarded as a source of both divine and human kingship, and opens the enumerations of deities in many Mesopotamian texts. At the same time, his role was largely passive, and he was not commonly worshipped. It is sometimes proposed that the Eanna temple located in Uruk originally belonged to him, rather than Inanna. While he is well attested as one of its divine inhabitants, there is no evidence
Anu was the sky god and king of the gods in ancient Mesopotamian religion, serving as the ancestor of many deities and a source of divine authority for human rulers. Though he held an important position in Mesopotamian texts and theology, his actual role was relatively passive and he was not widely worshipped in practice.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Anu
- Deity.image
- Detail, middle part, Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Symbols of various deities, including Anu (rightmost, second row) on a kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125–1104 BCE
- Deity.deity_of
- Sky Father, King of the Gods
- Deity.abode
- heaven
- Deity.symbol
- horned crown on a pedestal
- Deity.number
- 60
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Zeus (disputed), Uranus
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Elamite
- Deity.equivalent1
- Jabru
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Hurrian
- Deity.equivalent2
- Hamurnu
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Persian
- Deity.equivalent3
- Ahura Mazda (disputed)
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