Eridu: Pre-Flood City That Belonged To Enki, God Of Creation, Intelligence, Wisdom And Magic

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com  - Modern city Abu Shahrain holds traces of one of the earliest and most sacred cities of the Sumerians – Eridu (E.RI.DU – ‘Home in the Faraway Built’).

According to legend, it was the first city ever established. An ancient Babylonian poem devoted to heroes from the past describes the rise of Eridu as a city:

".... A reed had not come forth,
A tree had not been created,
A house had not been made,
A city had not been made,
All the lands were sea,
Then Eridu was made..."

It was founded by and belonged to Enki, the mysterious god of deep wisdom and magic. Enki was in charge of Earth before the arrival of his brother Enlil, who is said to have brought civilization to Sumer at that time, or shortly before.

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