Enki
c. 3000 BCE – 300 BCEattested
Eridu, Sumer
- Mesopotamian
The trickster-craftsman of the Sumerian gods, who repeatedly saves humanity by leaking divine decisions to it, including the flood the other gods had agreed to keep quiet.
Known for
- god of fresh water
- warning of the flood
- patron of craft
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.