Enki

God in Sumerian mythologyEnki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒂗𒆠EN-KI), also known as Ea (Akkadian: 𒀭𒂍𒀀E₂-A), was the Mesopotamian god of wisdom, crafts, fresh subterranean waters, magic, and incantations. He was believed to rule the Abzû. In Mesopotamian astronomy, he was associated with the stars of the southern band of the sky. Enki's wife was Damgalnuna, and their children included Nanshe, Asalluhi, Marduk and Enbilulu. His sukkal (attendant deity) was Isimud. Servants of the god included lahmu, kulullû, and the Seven Sages. Enki was first worshipped in Sumer. The earliest sources associate him with the city of Eridu, which was his main cult center, and regarded as his home. His temple there was the E-Abzû. He was already a major deity at the time of the earliest written sources, and the influence of his cult spread outside of Southern Mesopotamia early on. It is uncertain when Enki was fully assimilated to Ea, a god whose name is of unknown, but possibly semitic origin. They were already syncretized with each other in parts of Babylonia in the second half of the third millennium BCE. The cult of Enki/Ea was particularly influential in the Ur III and Old Babylonian Periods,