how Enki and Enlil are not Satan and God
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The obvious would make this hub too short and that is what about Anu? where does he fit in the Scriptures. Anu is the father of both Enki and Enlil who are suppose to be "brothers" Satan (Enki) and God (Enlil). He (Anu) isn't because God has no parents, which should make God not Enlil.
Here i will break down all 3 of their names. The father, Anu, which means sky or heaven god. He dealt with the stars, demons and judge creations. Since being the father he is the highest of the 3 Sumerian gods. The next in line directly below is Enlil, he was the god of the wind. He also had children as gods too. Last on the ladder is Enki, youngest son and was god of water and earth. He too had children as gods. Looking at the names it would seem better to consider Anu to be God since they share similar strong characteristics, although God really does everything. I believe Anu is not compared because there is no conflict like God with Satan here. The conflict is with Enki and Enlil. Another is that Enlil came first just like God also came first.
The things the seem similar to the Scriptures is for the facts that the creation the gods made were to not gain knowledge beyond to what they need to know. With Enki playing around and changing things that basic knowledge bond was broken and the creation became like the gods, their "eyes were opened." Satan had done the same thing to Eve who passed it to Adam. Both Enlil and God were angry about this event. This caused a strife between the 2 gods which they waged a Star Wars/sci-fi like battle in the cosmos. This same action also took place when Satan tried to fight the forces of God in space. What makes this a bit different is that Satan is the one who didn't like the creation made by God and disobeyed bowing to Adam. In the Sumerian myth, with their compared roles, its the other way around. What is similar to both is what happens at the end of the battle, Satan is caste out to emptiness and so is Enki.
Here is the main difference that shows the Scriptures and Sumerian myth are not the same. Both brother gods can create equally. God can create but Satan can not create the same way, Satan's creations are less developed and not natural like God's. Enki is good and wants to improve mankind as he did. Enlil is bad and wants them to stay ignorant. Satan (Enki) is bad and hates mankind. He also tricks them for the worst, doesn't seem like Enki. God (Enlil) is good and can punish as well, but unlike Enlil he urges man to seek knowledge. Plus at times, randomly God will help man out which Enlil wants no part of. Even if it was switched from Enki is God and Enlil is Satan it still wouldn't add up. For the fact that Satan is active to destroy man never wanted anything for it and Enlil just wants man to be basic with no advanced knowledge.
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A good try, but there are still layers of complexity this article doesn't deal with. I think one should specify, who is the Catholic Satan in the time of 'The Bible,' and who Satan might be historically. Since the name was also allegedly a generic title to designate opponents and accusers in the early Israelite period, possibly before? There are many who fell or were exiled from the heavens...apollo for example very early on...the watcher angels..shamsiel..and the 'abominations; of ishtar, chemosh, melkart, baal, also represent 'satans' in their own right. But Enki doesn't seem like the Satan, because Nergal is the one who is credited with plague, hence if Nergal was exiled from Heaven and went to live in Ereshkigal's underworld, he could be a satanic figure. So it seems like Enki was used partially for the Satan figure in modern confused times but was not that originally...although he may have been a Satan used as a foil for God, when they are both and all Gods.
I was making a logical stretch in equating Satan with plague, in an attempt to find a Nergal connection, but I'm still curious. Was building from superficial knowledge of the Satan who worked for god and tormented and accused Job. That doesn't sound like anything Enki did? If anything Enki was an early Lord that Yahweh was partially modelled from. Some say that E-A actually was Yah-weh while others have Hadad or Ninurta. If Set was Hadad, and Hadad was the El Shaddai and no or teams of gods...with several Yahwehs. In one case, unless this was a being who was telling fibs, then Set who may be Hadad or 'Set-an' became 'God'. A convoluted manner of reasoning? A hypothesis based on his allegedly being a son of El and hence historially a later 'Baal Zaphon?'
I've studied the Sumerian tablets for a while now, trying to make some sort of sense of them. Obviously there are parallels to other religions (especially from that area) but at the end of the day, every individual interpretation differs and it is best not to follow the interpretation of an 'expert' such as a scholar. At the end of the day, theirs is not better than your own.
I don't think Enki is 'the good guy' nor is Enlil 'the bad guy' when taken at face value. Both have good and bad qualities. It's also important to take into account that they have been swapped. Tablets that praise one over the other should be questioned. Because history is not written by the victor.
Which is why, if you believe in such a thing, with all the problems in our world. With life being a struggle for the average person. And all those people telling us that's the way it is supposed to be even though clearly things could be better, who ever is in charge (again if you believe in it) is Satan. The "Satan" and "Lucifer" person really is the good guy. Anybody brainwashed into the Catholic church without examining their history (all the way up til their recent history) would realize that these are not the good guys.
hillrider 16 months ago
Useful place for me to begin with the information given and to carry this forward to see what else I may be able to learn about this topic. I enjoy reading and learning about Gods, and other deities from the past and of the future. Thanks for sharing your thoughts...