Giftware Figurines Collectables - Enlil, the Mesopotamian god of Air, Earth and Storms

Enlil is a powerful supreme god from Sumerian and Mesopotamian mythology, associated with the wind, the air, the earth and storms.

Key Characteristics

Function: God of the wind (ranging from gentle breezes to devastating hurricanes), the breath, cosmic order and authority. He embodied energy and power.

Role: He determined the fate of humans and gods; his commands were irrevocable.

Centre of worship: His main sanctuary was the É-kur (the ‘Mountain Land House’) in the holy city of Nippur.

Creation: According to myths, he separated heaven and earth to make room for crops and was credited with the invention of the hoe.