THE ANCIENT GODS OF THE SUMERIANS(ANNUNAKI)

The earliest known usages of the term Anunnaki come from inscriptions written during the reign of Gudea (c. 2144–2124 BC) and the Third Dynasty of Ur. In the earliest texts, the term is applied to the most powerful and important deities in the Sumerian pantheon: the descendants of the sky-god group of deities probably included the “seven gods who decree“:An, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu, and Inanna. Although certain deities are described as members of the Anunnaki, no complete list of the names of all the Anunnaki has survived and they are usually only referred to as a cohesive group in literary , Sumerian texts describe the Anunnaki inconsistently and do not agree on how many Anunnaki there were, or what their divine function , the Anunnaki appear to have been heavenly deities with immense the poem Enki and the World Order, the Anunnaki “do homage“ to Enki, sing hymns of praise in his honor, and “take up their dwellings&q