Anu

 (Akkadian: 𒀭𒀭 akkDAN, Anu‹m› or Ilu or An (Sumerian: 𒀭 AN, from 𒀭 an "Sky, Heaven") is the divine personification of the sky, supreme God, and ancestor of all the deities in . Anu was believed to be the supreme source of all authority, for the other gods and for all mortal rulers.

Quotes about Anu

 * Upon the hill of heaven and earth, An spawned the Anuna gods.
 * Anonymous, Debate between Sheep and Grain (mid to late ).


 * An lifted his head in pride and brought forth a good day.
 * Anonymous, Debate between Winter and Summer (mid to late ).

they left and went up to the heaven of Anu, lying like dogs curled up in the open.
 * Even the gods took fright at the Deluge,
 * Anonymous, Epic of Gilgamesh, The Flood, Tablet VI, ( c. 2100 BCE).


 * [T]he great lady of heaven delivered those words to An. Having heard those words, An slapped his thighs in [annoyance], his voice filled with sighs of grief: "What has my child done? She has become greater than me! What has Inana done? She has become greater than me! From now on, the normal length of daylight becomes shorter, and daylight converts to night-time. From today, when the day's watch is three units long, daylight is equal to night-time." And now, when day began, it was indeed so.
 * After the E-ana was captured by Inanna, in Inanna and An by Anonymous,, at.

To kill Gilgamesh and his city. For if you do not grant me the Bull of Heaven, I will pull down the Gates of Hell itself, Crush the doorposts and flatten the door, And I will let the dead leave And let the dead roam the earth And they shall eat the living. The dead will overwhelm all the living!
 * Father, let me have the Bull of Heaven
 * Inanna to Anu, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet VI, ( c. 2100 BCE).


 * My brother, I want to tell you something -- pay attention to my speech. [...] Utu, my twin, I want to tell you something -- pay attention to my speech. [...] My spouse, has made love to me, has kissed me. I wanted [the E-ana] for him. [...] But majestic An would not give him E-ana. The heavens are ours, the earth is ours: E-ana should be captured from An.
 * Inanna, in Inanna and An,, at.


 * Váruṇa is clearly comparable to the Sumerian deity An. Just as Váruṇa is often styled a king in the Ṛgveda, and is king of both gods and men, or all that exists, so An is associated with the highest authority on earth, that kingship.
 * Levitt, S. H. (2012). Vedic-ancient Mesopotamian interconnections and the dating of the Indian tradition. Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 93, 137-192.