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Title: Anu
Author: Sumerian Scribes
Sky Father, King of the
Gods, Lord of the
Constellations
Anu or An is the divine
personification of the sky,
supreme God and ancestor
of all the deities in
ancient Mesopotamian
religion. Anu was believed
to be the supreme source
of authority, for the
other gods and for all
mortal rulers and he is
described in one text as
the one "who contains the
entire universe".
He is identified with the north ecliptic pole centered in the constellation Draco and, along with his sons Enlil and Enki, constitutes the highest divine triad personifying the three bands of constellations of the vault of the sky.
By the time of the earliest written records, Anu was rarely worshipped and veneration was instead devoted to his son Enlil, but, throughout Mesopotamian history, the highest deity in the pantheon was always said to possess the anûtu, meaning "Heavenly power".
Anu's primary role in myths is as the ancestor of the Anunnaki, the major deities of Sumerian religion. His primary cult centre was the Eanna temple in the city of Uruk, but, by the Akkadian Period (c. 2334 –2154 BC) his authority in Uruk had largely been ceded to the goddess Inanna.