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Hi there lurkers,

Well, here's the document on Enlil. It's rather big, due mainly to the mapof Nippur, the sacred city of Enlil.

I don't quote my sources (since it was to be given to my players), buthere's where everything came from:

1.- The first page on the deluge and sumerian mythology were translated fromthe Spanish version of Encarta 98. I gave them to my players when they rana succesful Library Use roll.

2.- The second page on Egyptian Mythology I translated from somewhere aroundthe net. It's a red herring so that they think that one of the sons ofHorus is also a representation of Ithaqua. I used it because they failed agroup luck roll when looking for information on wind gods. Do notice thatthe son of Horus doesn't share the Ithaqua traits: webbed feet, bad temper,etc., but Horus does have an uncanny resemblance to Enlil (see below).Hopefully it will sidetrack them to Egypt and will allow me to run themagainst the Nyarlathotep cult, to further confound the issues.

3.- The rest is from a FAQ on assyrian mythology. I cut out some parts thatwere too current, and left in a lot of extra information so that they don't

know what to look for. There are several main things there that might helpyour players: 3.1) References to the Tablets of Destiny, their importance on the sumerian mythologies and their power (they grant "control over the skies"), in case that they dismiss the artifact or don't find Blair's notes about it. 3.2) References to Enlil as a petty and violent god, in case they don't know already. 3.3) A most helpful reference to Enlil's zone of influence, "Astrological region: north of "the way of Anu" ie. 12 degrees north of the equator."

Please bear with my poor formal english on the first two sections. It'sbeen a while since I wrote "deluge". :)

Now, returning to the sons of Horus, there *is* an interesting connectionwith Enlil. On the egyptian mythology, when Seth (the Devil) murderedOsiris, father of Horus, it was Horus who avenged him. Ellil (Enlil) isdescribed as being "Possible slayer of Enmesharra and avenger of his fatherAnu", with Enmesharra being an underworld god. The similarity might be dueto the closeness of the Egyptian and Sumerian people. You decide if Horusis an aspect of Enlil or Nyarlathotep.

Some other resources that might help:

1) The Magan Text: Apparently a recent concoction part of something called"The Simon Necronomicon", it has several references to Kutulu, Azag-thoth,Enlil and the Tablets of Destiny. I printed it out and gave them to myplayers telling them that it was strict sumerian mythology just to worrythem, since it has enough references to sumerian mythology to pass for thereal thing.http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/4016/Magan.html

2) The Enuma Elish: this *is* sumerian mythology, and it also references theTablets.

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http://puffin.creighton.edu/theo/simkins/tx/Enuma.html

3) The Assyro-Babylonian mythology faq:http://norse.myths.com/pub/myths/assyrbabyl-faq.html#Enlil

Hope it helps. Cheers,

Ricardo J. Mndezrmendez@geocities.com