Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The Mesopotamian god of waters and primeval establisher of law and order.

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  • proper noun A god in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology.

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  • noun water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sumerian en-ki-k, lord of the earth : en, lord + ki, earth + -k, genitive suff.]

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Examples

  • PS: Enki is marvelous (just as marvelous as Taiki - just more spunky).

    Sea of Wind - Fuyumi Ono karenhealey 2010

  • It is dictated, legislated on all levels, with the activities of the human, the natural and the divine all comprehensively proscribed and prescribed by this latter-day god of wisdom, emulating his prototype in "Enki and the World Order".

    Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • It is dictated, legislated on all levels, with the activities of the human, the natural and the divine all comprehensively proscribed and prescribed by this latter-day god of wisdom, emulating his prototype in "Enki and the World Order".

    A Dark And Hidden God Hal Duncan 2006

  • The Covenant are led by Metatron--formerly known as Enki, the Sumerian inventor of writing--who has calcified reality by trapping it within the pages of The Book of All Hours, a description of everything that has and will happen in every fold of the Vellum, and who is now--at the beginning of Vellum, in the near future--rounding up the last of the unaffiliated unkin in preparation for the final battle between good and evil.

    The Book of All Hours by Hal Duncan Abigail Nussbaum 2007

  • Merodach occupied the position of chief of the pantheon, the two preceding heads having been, seemingly, Anu, the god of the heavens, and Êa or Aa, also called Enki, the god of the abyss and of deep wisdom.

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Theophilus Goldridge Pinches 1895

  • Before she left, she told her uncle Enki, god of craft, water, intelligence and creation where she was going, in case she got into trouble.

    Inanna and Ereshkigal lili 2009

  • And then her uncle Enki started to worry about her.

    Inanna and Ereshkigal lili 2009

  • Water, of course, is more important than oil on the arid sands of Bahrain, and 5000 years ago the inhabitants worshiped Enki, the god of sweet waters under the earth.

    Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

  • And then her uncle Enki started to worry about her.

    Archive 2009-05-01 lili 2009

  • Before she left, she told her uncle Enki, god of craft, water, intelligence and creation where she was going, in case she got into trouble.

    Archive 2009-05-01 lili 2009

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