Tablet of destiniesThe horned crownThe mountainThe windThe ekur
Mythology Summary
Enlil, Lord Wind, is the Sumerian god of the wind and of legitimate authority, king of the gods at Nippur where his temple the Ekur, House of the Mountain, stood. He holds the Tablet of Destinies, which the Anzu bird steals from him while he bathes and which Ninurta recovers, and in Atrahasis and in Gilgamesh XI it is Enlil who decrees the flood to end the noise of humanity and who is then rebuked for it by Ea. The Sumerian hymns call him the great mountain and the king whose word cannot be turned back.
Modern Practice
Enlil is approached by those who hold office and have to decide, and by anyone working with the wind and with the breath. The flood is part of his account and should not be edited out; the god who decrees is the same god who is rebuked for it.