(Sumerian=‘lord (of the) wind’) In Akkadian as Ellil, in Greek as Illinos. The supreme god in the Sumerian pantheon. He is ‘King of lands’; because of his strength he is called Rimu (‘wild ox’), and another of his...

ENLIL, the "wind god," was the principal god of the Sumerian pantheon and poliad god of Nippur, the religious center of the country. Enlil was also guardian god of the temple Ekur ("mountain house") and the husband of...

Enlil (EN = Lord+ LIL = Air, "Lord of the Open Field" or possibly "Lord of the Wind") was the name of a chief deity in Sumerian religion, perhaps pronounced and sometimes rendered in translations as Ellil in later Akkadian. He was considered to be the...