According to the ancient Sumerian texts, the Sumerian god, Anu, the “supreme Lord of the Sky”, the currently reigning titular head of the Sumerian Family Tree,\n had two sons. They were Enki (Ea), Lord of the Earth and Waters (whose \nmother was Antu), and Enlil (Ilu), Lord of the Air and Lord of the \nCommand (whose mother was Ki). These two half-brothers -- surprise, surprise -- did not get along.

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Critical to their rivalry -- particularly from Earth’s viewpoint -- was the fact that Enki had been the first of the Anunnaki to hazard a trip to Earth to begin a mining operation for gold. When\n this effort did not apparently produce gold in sufficient quantities, \nEnlil was brought in, given command, and armed with a new plan (an early\n version of the New Deal). The revised program was to mine gold from deep mines in the Earth.

According to Sumerian texts (as detailed in Genesis of the Grail Kings [1]), during a visit by their father, Anu (the archetypal absentee landlord), the Anunnaki made a decision:

“The gods had clasped their hands together,

Had cast lots and had divided.

Anu then went up to heaven.

To Enlil the Earth was made subject.

The seas, enclosed as with a loop,

They had given to Enki, the Prince of Earth.”

Sounds fair. However. As Laurence Gardner points out: “Enki\n was not happy about his brother’s promotion because, although Enlil was\n the elder of the two, his mother (Ki) was Anu’s junior sister, whereas \nEnki’s mother (Antu) was the senior sister. True\n kingship, claimed Enki, progressed as a matrilineal institution through\n the female line, and by this right of descent Enki maintained that he \nwas the first born of the royal succession.”

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