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Anunnaki and the Gods

Selected quotations from Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian texts describing the Anunnaki and their nature, as translated by Zecharia Sitchin.

The Anunnaki from Heaven

"The Anunnaki, the great gods, the fifty who sit in the assembly, the gods of heaven and of the earth, the great ones who decide the fates..." — Sumerian text on the nature of the Anunnaki

"Those who from heaven came, the Anunnaki, the great gods..." — Sitchin's translation of the term

"When the gods, like men, bore the labor and suffered the toil — the toil of the gods was great, the work was heavy, the distress was much..." — Atra Hasis, Tablet I

The Assembly of the Gods

"In Ubshukinna, the meeting place of the gods, the great Anunnaki sat in council. Anu, the king of heaven, Enlil, the lord of the command, and Enki, the lord of wisdom..."

"The great Anunnaki, who decree the fates, sat in assembly. They took counsel together concerning the destiny of men."

The Divine Nature

"The gods are bright, they shine with brilliance. Their faces are light, their bodies are fire. They eat the food of life, they drink the water of life." — Description of the Anunnaki's radiance

"The lifetime of the gods is a NÉRU — 3,600 years — and in that time they have lived for many NÉRU."

See Also

Sources

  • Sitchin, Z. (1976). The 12th Planet.
  • Sitchin, Z. (1985). The Wars of Gods and Men.