Anu

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title: Anu
text: Anu 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, but while he is w
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description: Ancient Mesopotamian god of the sky; god of all gods
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu
date created: 2002-09-15T23:50:02Z
date modified: 2024-08-27T14:08:52Z
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