Enki (also known as Ea, Enkig, Nudimmud, Ninsiku, Nissiku) was the Sumerian god of wisdom, fresh water, intelligence, trickery and mischief, crafts, magic, exorcism, healing, creation, virility, fertility, and art. Iconography depicts him as a bearded man wearing a horned cap and long robes as he ascends the Mountain of the Sunrise.
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c. 5400 BCEShrines to Enki built at the city of Eridu in Mesopotamia.
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c. 2600 BCE - 2350 BCEEnki appears in literature during the Early Dynastic Period IIIa of Mesopotamian History.
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2400 BCEEnki worshipped as Ea by the Akkadians of Mesopotamia; becomes popular throughout the region.