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Enlil Introduction

This document provides a summary of Sumerian and Egyptian mythology from various sources to use as background information for a roleplaying game. It includes details about Enlil as the god of wind and air who controlled the skies through possession of the Tablets of Destiny. A connection is drawn between Enlil and the Egyptian god Horus as both were avengers of their fathers. Maps of Nippur, the sacred city of Enlil, and several online resources on Sumerian mythology are also referenced for additional player information.

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Enlil Introduction

This document provides a summary of Sumerian and Egyptian mythology from various sources to use as background information for a roleplaying game. It includes details about Enlil as the god of wind and air who controlled the skies through possession of the Tablets of Destiny. A connection is drawn between Enlil and the Egyptian god Horus as both were avengers of their fathers. Maps of Nippur, the sacred city of Enlil, and several online resources on Sumerian mythology are also referenced for additional player information.

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Hi there lurkers, Well, here's the document on Enlil.

It's rather big, due mainly to the map of Nippur, the sacred city of Enlil. I don't quote my sources (since it was to be given to my players), but here's where everything came from: 1.- The first page on the deluge and sumerian mythology were translated from the Spanish version of Encarta 98. I gave them to my players when they ran a succesful Library Use roll. 2.- The second page on Egyptian Mythology I translated from somewhere around the net. It's a red herring so that they think that one of the sons of Horus is also a representation of Ithaqua. I used it because they failed a group luck roll when looking for information on wind gods. Do notice that the son of Horus doesn't share the Ithaqua traits: webbed feet, bad temper, etc., but Horus does have an uncanny resemblance to Enlil (see below). Hopefully it will sidetrack them to Egypt and will allow me to run them against the Nyarlathotep cult, to further confound the issues. 3.- The rest is from a FAQ on assyrian mythology. I cut out some parts that were too current, and left in a lot of extra information so that they don't know what to look for. There are several main things there that might help your players: 3.1) References to the Tablets of Destiny, their importance on the sumerian mythologies and their power (they grant "control over the skies"), in case that they dismiss the artifact or don't find Blair's notes about it. 3.2) References to Enlil as a petty and violent god, in case they don't know already. 3.3) A most helpful reference to Enlil's zone of influence, "Astrological region: north of "the way of Anu" ie. 12 degrees north of the equator." Please bear with my poor formal english on the first two sections. It's been a while since I wrote "deluge". :) Now, returning to the sons of Horus, there *is* an interesting connection with Enlil. On the egyptian mythology, when Seth (the Devil) murdered Osiris, father of Horus, it was Horus who avenged him. Ellil (Enlil) is described as being "Possible slayer of Enmesharra and avenger of his father Anu", with Enmesharra being an underworld god. The similarity might be due to the closeness of the Egyptian and Sumerian people. You decide if Horus is an aspect of Enlil or Nyarlathotep. Some other resources that might help: 1) The Magan Text: Apparently a recent concoction part of something called "The Simon Necronomicon", it has several references to Kutulu, Azag-thoth, Enlil and the Tablets of Destiny. I printed it out and gave them to my players telling them that it was strict sumerian mythology just to worry them, since it has enough references to sumerian mythology to pass for the real thing. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/4016/Magan.html 2) The Enuma Elish: this *is* sumerian mythology, and it also references the Tablets.

http://puffin.creighton.edu/theo/simkins/tx/Enuma.html 3) The Assyro-Babylonian mythology faq: http://norse.myths.com/pub/myths/assyrbabyl-faq.html#Enlil Hope it helps. Cheers,

Ricardo J. Mndez [email protected]

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