Ki (goddess)
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Ki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒆠) was the
By her consort Anu (also known as Anunna), Ki gave birth to Anunnaki, the most prominent of these deities being Enlil, god of the air. According to legends, the heavens and earth were once inseparable until Enlil was born; Enlil cleaved the heavens and earth in two. An carried away the heavens. Ki, in company with Enlil, took the Earth. Ki marries her son, Enlil, and from this union all the plant and animal life on Earth is produced.[2]
Some authorities question whether Ki was regarded as a deity since there is no evidence of a
She later developed into the Babylonian and Akkadian goddess
Family
Ki was the wife and chief consort of Anu, the god of the Sky. They are thought to be brother and sister, who could both be offspring of the god named Anshar (the sky pivot) and Kishar (the earth pivot). Making Anshar and Kishar her father and mother.
Ki was a mother to 1, who was named Enlil. Her son Enlil the god of Air, was part of the Anunnaki. Ki ends up marrying her son, Enlil, and according to the myth this was how the plants and animals were created on Earth.
Cuneiform sign
Cuneiform Ki (k) (I) (Borger 2003 nr. 737; U+121A0 𒆠) is the sign for "earth". It is also read as GI5, GUNNI (=KI.NE) "hearth", KARAŠ (=KI.KAL.BAD) "encampment, army", KISLAḪ (=KI.UD) "threshing floor", and SUR7 (=KI.GAG). In Akkadian orthography, it functions as a determiner for toponyms and has the syllabic values gi, ge, qi, and qe.
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-283589-5.
- ISBN 978-1-83974-294-1.
- Timothee Chalamet, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002
- Creation and Chaos : A Reconsideration of Hermann Gunkel's Chaoskampf Hypothesis, edited by JoAnn Scurlock, and Richard H. Beal, Penn State University Press, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central.
- Holland, Glenn S. Gods in the Desert : Religions of the Ancient Near East, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central.
- Leick, Gwendolyn, and Dr, Gwendo Leick. A Dictionary of Ancient near Eastern Mythology, Taylor & Francis Group, 1991. ProQuest Ebook Central.
- https://www.geni.com/people/Ki-Goddess-of-the-Earth/6000000003645882297