Question: Ask The Nuwaupians, Who Is Anu?
Answer: They'll have to say the Most high, being that's what Dr. York taught.
Presently the Nuwaupian religious cult are releasing more and more publications on, or about Mesopotamian characters. One in particular is the legendary Sumerian deity AN, accompanied by a series of baseless and undocumented claims. Who is Anu is a question that you may receive a wide variety of responses. Nuwaupians are as confused and lost as Malachi York was in terms of who or what AN/Anu was from a Mesopotamian perspective. One thing we can say with certainty, Anu is not Malachi York's grand father as York has claimed to be. It's important to note, York offers a number of commentaries without any evidence in support, so in the interest of truth and clarity, we will present York's claims, critique them and offer a more sound retort loaded with facts and verifiable evidence.
In the book, Is Jesus God?, York attempts to explain, Anu, but be advised, York cites no sources, no scholarly works from anyone in the fields of excavation, transliteration or translation. And being that York NEVER demonstrated any ability to read, write of speak any Mesopotamian language or dialect, he is taking on the task as the self professed son of EA (Enki) MARDUK, he felt qualified to speak and write about his so-called grandfather Anu, Allah to the Muslims, Yahweh to the Hebrews and Theos to the Christians.
York's words above are the sort of nonsensical gibberish that he's spread for years. AN is Sumerian, Anu is Akkadian, even a tenth grader can see that they are NOT both Sumerian after doing careful research. On that alone he offered no visual nor linguistic evidence to support that claim for verification. In the past, York transformed this Mesopotamian deity into a modern religious character to be worshiped in the like-manner or practice of the Christian church or Islam.
Example:
Nuwaupians are to have faith in Anu:
"If you say you love ANU, then why do you not have faith in ANU, who is also known as El Eloh? Who is called in rhythm, Allah by the Muslims...Anu is also called Yahweh by the Hebrews, Thehos by the Christians and God, by many others. He was appointed by THE ALL as your caretaker..."
- Malachi York: Holy Tablets Chapter 1 Tablet 1:45-49
Nuwaupians finds forgiveness in Anu:
"...Your father, ANU who in all, governs all, and he has forgiven you to this very though my guidance; for I am Malachi am an executioner of his will..."
- Malachi York: Holy Tablets Chapter 6 Tablet 2:31-32
While York was out pretending to be an Islamic Imam, controlling his follower's belief in "Allah", York's views on Allah, how he was to be believed in, as well as how this belief was to be conducted; York would eventually teach that Anu of the Akkadians (AN) of the Sumerians, was in fact the ALLAH of the Muslims.
Example:
"If you say you love ANU, then why do you not have faith in ANU, who is also known as El Eloh? Who is called in rhythm, Allah by the Muslims, meaning 'ones who are of peace'...ANU is also called Yahweh by the Hebrews, Thehos by the Christians, and God, by many others. He was appointed by The All as your caretaker..."
-Malachi York: The Holy Tablets pg. 7-8
But never to be outdone in contradiction, incongruous assertions and inconsistency, York may have forgotten the claims of Anu being Allah, but then wrote that Enki (Anu's son) was Muhammad's master as mentioned in the Holy Koran of Malachi York, erroneously referred to as, El's Holy Qur'aan.
"...Malachi-Zodoq, also called Murdok in Babylonian text and Amar-Utu in ancient Sumerian tablets, the son of ENQI, who is the son of ANU (your Allah, El Eloh, Jehovah or God)..."
-Malachi York: Breaking The Spell pg. 19
As you can see from the above excerpts by way of York's own books, he's the self professed son of Enki (MARDUK) grandson of ANU, "the Most High". Yet in several other publications, Anu is the Allah of the Qur'an, then Enki is the Allah of the Qur'an, both making York the son of God, or the grandson of Allah/God.
Once that con game of York was exposed, by Bilal Philips in The Ansar Cult In America book, York then took to the worship of other biblical god characters, such as El Yahuwa, El Eloh and El Elyon, to name a few, even claiming Tammuz as a guardian or one appointed by Anu. After that con yielded no real progress, York then gave his followers an Akkadian deity "Ilu", better known publicly as Anu, and AN to the Sag-gi-ga (black-head) people. York brought in HIS version of Anu, circa 1991-92 as found in several of the early "Right Knowledge" book series. Anu reached his zenith among Nuwaupians as the Most High by 1995-2000, York took on the fabricated name "En-Mur-Duq-Gal".
In the most simplistic explanation, Anu is an Akkadian term, borrowed from the Emegir (Sumerian) term AN. And AN is a term used to denote the sky, deity or stars, (3-4 configurations) transliterated as MUL, or as a group of stars DINGIR DINGIR DINGIR.
AN in transliteration, is the ideogram DINGIR , and it's usually seen as a determinative for a God or Goddesses. This sign is placed before the name of a deity, such as d-En-ki or d-En-lil. The "d" is NOT pronounced i.e. (Dee-En-Kee) d-En-ki, just the name is used. An or Anu is not the creator of the heavens, did not create man, is not the god of the bible or Qur'an, nor a super hero who rides around in space in a spaceship called Nibiru, passing towards this solar system every 3600 years as York has stated; a claim borrowed from the writings of Zecharia Sitchin. Now let's get to the bottom of who this AN/ANU is or was.
Function AN/ANU:
An/Anu belongs to the oldest generation of Mesopotamian gods and was originally the supreme deity of the Babylonian pantheon. Consequently, his major roles are as an authority figure, decision-maker and progenitor. In heaven he allots functions to other gods, and can increase their status at will; in the Sumerian poem Inana and Ebih (ETCSL 1.3.2), Inana claims that "An has made me terrifying throughout heaven" (l.66). On earth he confers kingship, and his decisions are regarded as unalterable. Later An/Anu came to share or cede these functions, as Enlil and subsequently Marduk rose to prominence, but retained his essential character and high status throughout Mesopotamian history. Indeed, when other gods are elevated to a position of leadership, they are said to receive the Anutu, the "Anu-power". For example, in Enuma elis, the gods express Marduk's authority over them by declaring: "Your word is Anu!" (Tablet IV, lines 4-6). An/Anu is sometimes credited with the creation of the universe itself, either alone or with Enlil and Ea. Of the three levels of heaven, he inhabited the highest, said to be made of the reddish luludanitu stone (Horowitz 2001: 8-11).
Divine Genealogy and Syncretisms:
The earliest texts make no reference to An's origins. Later he is regarded as the son of Ansar and Kisar, as in the first millennium creation epic Enuma elis (Tablet I, 11-14). In Sumerian texts of the third millennium the goddess Uras is his consort; later this position was taken by Ki, the personification of earth, and in Akkadian texts by Antu, whose name is probably derived from his own.
An/Anu frequently receives the epithet "father of the gods," and many deities are described as his children in one context or another. Inscriptions from third-millennium Lagas, names An as the father of Gatumdug, Baba and Ningirsu. In later literary texts, Adad, Enki/Ea, Enlil, Girra, Nanna/Sin, Nergal and Sara also appear as his sons, while goddesses referred to as his daughters include Inana/Istar, Nanaya, Nidaba, Ninisinna, Ninkarrak, Ninmug, Ninnibru, Ninsumun, Nungal and Nusku. An/Anu is also the head of the Annunaki, and created the demons Lamastu, Asag and the Sebettu. In the epic Erra and Isum, Anu gives the Sebettu to Erra as weapons with which to massacre humans when their noise becomes irritating to him (Tablet I, 38ff).
When Enlil rose to equal or surpass An in authority, the functions of the two deities came to some extent to overlap. An was also sometimes equated with Amurru, and, in Seleucid Uruk, with Enmesara and Dumuzi.
Cult Places:
Temples and shrines to An/Anu existed in various cities throughout Mesopotamian history. From the third millennium on wards he was worshiped, with some interruptions, together with Inana/Istar at the e-an-na temple in Uruk, and in the Achaemenid and Seleucid periods at the new Res temple with Antu.
Another important center for his cult was Der, which, like Uruk, held the title "city of Anu". In Lagas a temple to An was established by Gudea (ca. 2144-2124 BCE), while Ur-Namma (ca. 2112-2095 BCE) built a garden and shrine for him at Ur. An also had a "seat" in the main temple of Babylon, Esagil, and received offerings at Nippur, Sippar and Kish. At Assur a double temple for Anu and Adad, é-me-lám-an-na, was built during the Middle Assyrian period (ca. 1350-1050 BCE) and restored by subsequent rulers including Tiglath-Pileser I.
Time Periods Attested:
The earliest appearances of An as a specific deity are difficult to identify precisely, due to the multiple readings possible for the sign AN. However, by the mid-third millennium he is definitely attested in the Fara god-list, and in the name of the 27th-century king of Ur, Mesanepada ("Young man, chosen by An"), who also dedicated a bead "to the god An, his lord" (Frayne 2008: E1.13.5.1). In the following centuries cultic activity for An/Anu is attested at Uruk and Nippur, and he begins to occur in royal titles: Lugalzagesi (ca. 2375-50 BCE) and Sargon I (ca. 2334-2279 BCE) both call themselves his priests.
From the second millennium on wards An/Anu is mentioned regularly in literary texts, inscriptions and personal names, although rarely as the central figure-he seems to have always been regarded as rather remote from human affairs. From the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1595 BCE) a Sumerian prayer to An asks him to protect the kingship of Rim-Sin, king of Ur (ETCSL 2.6.9.3) and several royal hymns to An survive (ETCSL 2.4.4.5, an unfortunately fragmentary adab to An for Su-Suen; ETCSL 2.5.5.3, an adab to An for Lipit-Istar; ETCSL 2.5.6.5, an adab to An for Ur-Ninurta).
At around the same time, Anu features for the first time in Assyrian royal inscriptions; Samsi-Adad I (ca. 1813-1781 BCE) boasts that Anu and Enlil called him to greatness (Grayson 1987: A.0.39.1. The god Assur always retained his pre-eminent position in the Assyrian pantheon, but later kings also sometimes invoked Anu as a source of support or legitimacy.
Sumerian and Akkadian mythological texts portray An/Anu as king and father of the gods. The Old Babylonian composition Gilgames, Enkidu and the Netherworld (ETCSL 1.8.1.4) refers to the primeval division of the universe in which An received the heavens (lines 11-12), and we see him ruling from here in the flood poem Atrahasis. Inana/Istar, set upon killing Gilgames, forcefully persuades her father to hand over the bull of heaven in the Old Babylonian poem Gilgames and the Bull of Heaven (ETCSL 1.8.1.2), as well as in the first-millennium Epic of Gilgames (Tablet VI, lines 92ff). In Enuma elis, Anu turns back in fear from Tiamat (Tablet II, lines 105-6), paving the way for Marduk's triumph and elevation above him which characterizes Babylonian literature and religious practice in the late second and early first millennium. However, during the fifth century BCE Anu's cult enjoyed a revival at Uruk, and ritual texts describing the involvement of his statue in the local akitu festival survive from the Seleucid period (e.g., TCL 6, 39; TCL 6, 40; BRM 4, 07).
Iconography:
There are no certain anthropomorphic representations of An/Anu. His symbol is a horned crown, sometimes shown resting on a throne (see below). His animal is the bull. So whenever you come across internet search results of a male purported to be the image of Anu, it's false, the Mesopotamians did not depict AN/Anu in human form, arms, legs, head (Anthropomorphism) with gentle feelings (Anthropopathism).
(The Babylonian Kudurru Boundary Stone 1125-1100 in the British Museum)
Name and Spellings:
Sumerian AN means "heaven, sky", and AN can therefore be seen as the personified heavens. The cuneiform sign AN also has the value DINGIR, "god" (Akkadian ilu(m), and is used as the determinative for deities, yet in Sumerian, An's name is never written with the divine determinative. In Akkadian he is Anu, written logographically as dAN, or spelled syllabically, e.g. da-nu(m). The logogram d60 is also a learned writing for Anu.
Written forms:
Sumerian: AN; Akkadian: da-nu, da-num, an-nu, d60
Normalised forms:
An, Anu(m)
References and further reading
Beaulieu 2003, The pantheon of Uruk.
Ebeling 1932, "An-Anum".
Foster 2005, Before the Muses.
Frayne 2008, Presargonic Period.
George 1993, House Most High.
Grayson 1987, Assyrian Rulers ... (to 1115 BC)
Horowitz 2001, Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography.
An/Anu (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses, Oracc and the UK Higher Education Academy, 2013 By Kathryn Stevens
Source:
http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/am…/listofdeities/…/index.html
From: "A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology" by Gwendolyn Leick (Routledge, 1991)
Anu:
The name of this important Mesopotamian god is written with the sign DINGIR which means '"heaven". It also stands for the determinative designating divinity in Sumerian, Akkadian and Hittite. In the Babylonian context, the god is called Anu. The antiquity of An as a divine personality is subject to controversy. His cult, like that of the goddess Inanna, is thought to have developed at Uruk. It cannot at present be decided which deity was worshiped there during the prehistoric Uruk IV period. It's also uncertain whether the structure known as the "Anu-Ziggurat" (Uruk V) should be associated with this him.
During the Old Sumerian period, An is a component of several royal names from Uruk and Ur. But due to the polyvalence of this sign this does not necessarily prove that it always stands for the god An. However, by the middle of the second millennium BC, he is mentioned in the Fara god-lists, in prayers by Urukian kings (Lugalzaggesi), as well as in royal inscriptions from Kis (Lugaltarsi). His Sumerian title (lugal kur.kur.ra, "king of the lands") points to his superior authority in the pantheon. "Appointed priest of An" formed part of the royal titles since the Sargonic Dynasty. During the Ur III and Isin-Larsa period the popularity of the An cult is well documented by the numerous hymns and prayers. He also appears in many personal names, especially among the Akkadian population.
From the Old Babylonian period on wards, Anu was usually acknowledged as one of the three most senior deities of the pantheon (with Enlil, Ea and Istar), especially in official royal inscriptions and pantheon lists. But increasingly he became a deus otiosus who did not inspire much religious fervour; Babylonian or Assyrian hymns and prayers to Anu are therefore extremely rare. A late version of the Anu cult occurred in Seleucid Uruk, where the theologians identified the sky god with chthonic deities such as Enmesarra and Dumuzi. The texts mention several consorts of An. He was coupled with Uras or Ki, "Earth", in a cosmic relationship, as well as with manifestations of the Mother-goddess (Nammu, Ninmah) or more schematically with Antum, the "female sky". Several royal texts from the Sargonic period describe the elevation of Inanna to the rank of An’s consort. In the Enuma elis An is the offspring of Ansar and Kisar (the two aspects of the horizon according to Jacobsen); he is said to be the "father of the gods" as well as the host of Demons.
An's function in the mythological and theological texts is primarily one of authority (his Sumerian classic epithet is an GAL, "the great An"). He is represented as the apex of the divine hierarchy. His "command is the very foundation of heaven and earth". Several texts (such as Lahar and Asnan) specifically credit AN with the divine intelligence that conceived and sustained the universe. He was in charge of the "divine ordinances", the ME, and decrees the fates. An was the ultimate source of authority; he could raise up other gods (notably Inanna, but also many other deities) to more elevated positions. On earth he conferred kingship. With the growing importance of Nippur, the cult center of authority, gradually acquired a status equal to that of his father and was said to dispense authority and fate either with, or on behalf of, the sky-god. The distinction between the functions of both gods became blurred, especially when An also acquired traits of a Weather-god, which are generally more associated with Enlil. He was called "Fecund Bull", which implies fertility; the sky as the source of rain "impregnates the earth (so that) vegetation becomes plentiful". Finally, the sky was the realm of the constellations and planets. Astral observation was an intrinsic part of ancient civilizations and the notion of "as above so below" forms the basis of all divination. In this respect an.gal is the "great above", the cosmic counterpart to KI-GAL, the underworld. It is the scenario of mythic reality in which the (astral) gods eternally enact the universal drama.
Ebeling, R1A I 1932, 155–7; Jean 1950, 127–33; Edzard, WdM 1965, 40–1; Wohlstein 1976
Source: http://enenuru.proboards.com/…/deities-ancient-mesopotamia
Inana and Ebih (c.1.3.2), line c132.62
an dinana-da hul2-la-e
"An, in delight at Inana, stepped forward and took his place. He filled the seat of honor of heaven"
Inana and Ebih (c.1.3.2), line c132.65
an a-a-gu10 silim ma-ra-ab-be2-en inim-gu10-us gestug2-zu
(Inana announced:) An, my father, I greet you! Lend your ear to my words.
Inana and Ebiḫ (c.1.3.2), line c132.112
an lugal digir-re-e-ne-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
"An, the king of the deities, answered her: "My little one demands the destruction of this mountain -- what is she taking on? Inana demands the destruction of this mountain -- what is she taking on? She demands the destruction of this mountain -- what is she taking on?"
Gilgames and the bull of heaven (c.1.8.1.2), line c1812.1.B.46-49
46. an gal-e kug dinana-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi4?
47. lu2-tur-ĝu10 gud an-na u2-gu7-bi in-nu an-ur2-ra u2-gu7-bi-im
48. ki-sikil dinana gud an-na ki dutu e3-a-še3 u2 im-da-gu7-e
49. za-e gud an-na nu-mu-e-da-ab-ze2-eg3-en
Great An replied to holy Inana: "My child, the Bull of Heaven would not have any pasture, as its pasture is on the horizon. Maiden Inana, the Bull of Heaven can only graze where the sun rises. So I cannot give the Bull of Heaven to you!"
That should clear away any ambiguities revolving around Anu. So if you read any York publications where AN/ANU is mentioned, you'll see without a doubt that York or whomever is writing their books, is absolutely clueless on this topic, and it's only made up stories invented simply to sell books. York is no stranger when it comes to making phony claims or not providing evidence. In this case he makes more faulty claims regarding Anu. He continues this deception by claiming that there were several Anu's.
"...in Sumerian doctrine, you have ANU who is 'the Heavenly', yet was a physical being, who came to earth. Once he remained in the heavens, no longer returning to the planet he received the title The Heavenly or even like his ancient predecessor and namesake was also named An, Anu. However there was another ANU, who was over all of Nibiru the celestial abode, from which all others descended. These are the nine rulers before Anu that is shown in The Holy Tablets # 172 by Noble: Dr. Malachi Z. York."
-Malachi York: Is Jesus God: pg. 133
This shows a lack of study, comprehension and truth. Never is Anu mentioned as being "over all", in charge or mentioned in the same sentence with the term Nibiru from any Mesopotamian text, that would include Sumerian, Akkadian or Babylonian. There isn't any text nor scholarly works supporting the notions that there were NINE previous individuals called AN or Anu, this is important to note because it's another vivid example of York's notorious use of deception or making things up to sell a narrative.
On a so-called "Saviors Day" audio and video recording, while answering a question, York agreed with a questioner that Anu is a tittle, he then goes on to say,
"when something is the highest, you can't reach it...if it's the Highest and you reach it, then it was never the Highest..."
If that's the case, who ever reached ANU means ANU was never the Highest! because Kumarbi defeated ANU and bit off Anu's testicles. Kumarbi literally took hold of Anu and bit it off. York apparently had poor information regarding Alalu, because he wrote,
55.) Manu and their other Agni who stayed in the skies of Orion.
56.) The ruler Alalu of the thrones also ruled the skies of Orion.
57.) Anu came before him and bowed at his feet, because he was the ruler of Orion. By custom Alali appointed ANU to be his royal cup-bearer, which is an honored and trusted position.
58.) Alalu ruled the skies for 6,000 years or 9 Nibiruan periods.
59.) Then ANU rose up against Alalu and ANU defeated Alalu. ANU took control over all the galactical heavens.
60.) And Alalu ran from ANU to the planet Earth, with his wife, Al Laat and 2 daughters, Al Uzza and Manat.
-Holy Tablets: Chapter 5 Tablet. 5:55-60
There's two points that needs addressing,
1. Al Laat, Al Uzza and Manat, is from the Muslim holy book the Qur'an, and there's nothing in any Mesopotamian text that has these names, it just isn't, so line 60 is fabricated by York from the Qur'an.
Al Quran Chapter 53:19-20 (al-Najm)
19 أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
20 وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
53.19 Have ye seen Lat and 'Uzza,
53.20 And another, the third (goddess), Manat ?
2. York mentions Alalu as the brother of ANU,
84.) The Anunnagi, Aluhum triumphed over the race of Jinn, as ANU had done over his brother, ALALU, who descended to the seventh, the blue planet in ward, then called Tiamat, and after his defeat, ANU ascended unto the throne of Nibiru. MURDUK captured one of the Jinn who was under the age of maturity named Balus (Ibliys), meaning despaired or rebellious one.
-Holy Tablets Chapter 1 Tablet 2:84
York has fabricated this as well, because Alalu was not Anu's brother, in fact York contradicts this a few years later in the audio by saying,
"Alalu was from another race"
if this is true then he was wrong claiming Alalu was his brother.
York writes,
"His main consort and 1/2 sister was named AN.TU in cuneiform and Antum, in Akkadian was mother of EN.LIL. She was an ANUN.NA.QI (Anunna) and half sister of Anu, by different fathers. Another consort was named 'IYD' (Nimul), also 'Id' who was the mother of ENQI. She was a Draconian, a reptilian native to the planet earth, daughter of Siidiihis (Alalu) when it was under water Genesis 1:2."
-Is Jesus God? pg. 297
Take notice of the fact that York points out that Siidiihis is Alalu, which would mean Anu took his brothers daughter and had sex with her. Siidiihis according to York is Alalu which demonstrates that York was simply making things up as he went along.
"The Anunnagi, Alahum triumphed over the race of Jinn, as ANU had done over brother, Alalu, who descended to the seventh, the blue planet inward, then called Tiamat, and after his defeat, ANU ascended unto the throne of Nibiru."
-Holy Tablets Chapter 1 Tablet 2:83
The ruler Alalu of the thrones also ruled the skies of Orion. Anu came before him and bowed at his feet, because he was the ruler of Orion. By custom Alalu appointed ANU to be his royal cu(b)-bearer, which is an honored and trusted position. Alalu ruled the skies for 6,000 years or 9 Nibiruan periods. Then ANU rose up against Alalu and ANU defeated Alalu. ANU took control over all the galactical heavens. And Alalu ran from ANU to the planet Earth, with his wife, Al Laat and 2 daughters, Al Uzza and Manat.
-Holy Tablets Chapter 5 Tablet 5:56-60
So according to these 2 quotes, Anu defeated Alalu, also known as Siidiihis, this defeat story of Anu vs. Alalu is coming in part from the three tablets of The Song of Kumarbi or Kingship in Heaven, and nowhere does it mention that Alalu was Anu's brother let alone Siidiihis, a name NEVER even mentioned in any Mesopotamian literature. In the the Song of Kumarbi or Kingship in Heaven, Alalu was overthrown by Anu who was then overthrown by Kumarbi, Alalu's son. Alalu was king and the person later called "Anu" was his cup-bearer. Anu killed Alalu and took his throne. Alalu's son Kumarbi served Anu as his cup bearer, and when Kumarbi sought to avenge his father and gain the throne, Anu tried to escape, Kumarbi bites off ANU's his testicles and spat out three new deities. Finally Anu's son Tesub overthrows Kumarbi and became king. The rest of the cycle has Kumarbi attempting to regain his throne by begetting or otherwise putting up various Deities and creatures to defeat Tesub so that he (Kumarbi) can regain his throne.
2.2.2 Alalu, Anu and Kumarbi (lines 12-36)
Transliteration:
12. dala-lu gu3 darmušen-re nu-dAnu-ni-ib-be2
13. ur-gu-la saĝ ĝiš nu-ub-ra-ra
14. ur-bar-ra-ke4 sila4 nu-ub-kar-re
15. ur-gir15 maš2 gam-dala-lu-gam nu-ub-zu
16. šaḫ2 še gu7-gu7-e nu-ub-zu
17. nu-mu-un-su2 munu4 ur3-ra barag2-ga-ba
18. mušen-e an-na munu4-bi na-an-gu7-e
19. tu-dAnu-šen-e saĝ nu-mu-un-da-RU-e
20. igi-gig-e igi-gig-dala-lime-en nu-mu-ni-be2
21. saĝ-gig-e saĝ-gig-me-en nu-mu-ni-be2
22. um-ma-bi ki-i tup-pu ar-ha har-ra-an e-eš-taume-en nu-mu-ni-be2
23. ab-ba-bi ab-ba-me-en nu-mu-ni-be2
24. ki-sikil a nu-tu5-a-ni iri-a nu-mu-ni-ib-sig10-ge
25. lu2 id2-da bal-e ĝi6-de3 nu-mu-ni-be2
26. niĝir-e zag-ga-na nu-um-niĝin2-niĝin2
27. nar-e e-lu-lamdku-mar-bi nu-mu-ni-be2
28. zag-nu- iri-ka danu-ni-be2
29. dnin-sikil-la a-a-ni den-ki-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e
30. idin-gir-ia-ták-kán-ha-tu-ga-uš in-na-saan-da a-i-im-pu-uš te-eh-hu-un
31. Taš-mišu iri mu-e-šum2 iri <mu-e-šum2 Ku-mar-bi šum2-ma-zu>
32. ]missing fragments]>
33. [iri kar] id2-da nu-un-tuku-a
34. [missing lines Ku-mar-bi2 iri <mu-e-šum2 nam-ĝu10 šum2-ma-zu>
35. ]lines missing]
36. [iri a-šag4] a-gar3 [ab-sin2
Alalu, Anu and Kumarbi (lines 12-36)
Translation:
After Alalu has occupied the heavenly throne for nine years, his cup bearer Anu rises against him and takes his place, with Alalu fleeing to the dark earth'. Subsequently, Anu suffers the same fate: after nine years, he, too, has to fight his own cup bearer Alalu's son Kumarbi, whom he tries to escape by fleeing to the sky. However, Kumarbi prevents him from doing so by grabbing his legs and pulling him down. He then bites off Anu's genitals, but Anu warns him not to rejoice at this, as Kumarbi has now been impregnated with Anu's offspring: the storm-god, the Aranzaḫ River (the river-god Tigris), the god Tasmisu and two more 'terrible gods. He ends off by prophesying that Kumarbi will regret having received this burden.
The events mentioned above from the ancient text marginalizes Anu as a deity. Siidiihis also known as Alalu by York, was at one time an Anu, so I ask, what was the name of the person that dethroned Alalu? Because you can't be "the Highest" while working as a servant/cup-bearer, because part of the job of a cup bearer was to drink wine first to be sure that it's not spiked with poison. So who was ANU before he was called, ANU?
York for some odd reason, attempted to convince his readers that not only were all the gods of Mesopotamia real, but specifically, Anu.
"Ques: So are you stating that Anu (An) was a real person not a Babylonian myth?
Ans: Yes, that is a fact
Ques: Where was Anu born?
Ans: The 9th ruler Anu was born in heaven. His was in the 19th galaxy called Illyuwn, Ihm, a 3-sun star galaxy. He was a physical being because he came to earth at one point with his spouse, and found in The Wars Of Gods and Men by Zechariah Sitchin ISBN 0-380-89585-4 page 195, Therefore he is a physical being."
-Malachi York: Is Jesus God pg. 290
There's much to explain here, but let's minimize a long and drawn out explanation and keep it simple.
<< Anu (An) was a real person not a Babylonian myth >>
York or anyone else can believe and/or claim that the Bugs Bunny was a real person. But when making that claim, it is the responsibility of York to offer evidence to hold up the foundation of that belief, and naturally, York offers nothing but those words. It would also a contradiction to what York has said about the biblical and Qur'an gods.
"...ANU, who is also known as El Eloh? Who is called in rhythm, Allah by the Muslims, meaning 'ones who are of peace'...ANU is also called Yahweh by the Hebrews, Thehos by the Christians, and God, by many others..."
-Malachi York: The Holy Tablets pg. 7-8
Versus
"Ques: Where did God come from, who created the God concept, and what is God? Ans: The first part of the question is simply answered by holding up a bible, be it the Ancient Hebrew down to the Greek, on up to into million of other languages. The God concept comes out of these books. The Biblical and Koranic concept of God was created in the hearts and minds of their authors and as these authors became authentic, their documents became authentic and within the pages of their documents called scriptures, God was born."
-Malachi York: Conflict Between the Gods pg.1
Versus
"...the scriptures that you hold in your hand today, are NOT divinely inspired. They have been tampered with and you would be a fool to swear by it, the old testament contradicts itself and the new testament and the Qur'an vice versa".
-Malachi York: The Degree of Christ-ism
York is trying to have it both ways. You can't in one frame of mind claim that Anu is also known as El Eloh in the bible, Allah of the Muslims, Yahweh of the Hebrews and Theos of the Christians, YET, those very same gods are just fabrications, made up thoughts in the hearts and minds of writers who's writings became accepted, YET those writings are not inspired by any god, but that they were tampered with and should not be trusted, so how in the world can Anu be a real person when his very existence was made up in the hearts and minds of writers? York should have wrote, "the concept of ANU was created in the hearts and minds of their authors and as these authors became authentic, their documents became authentic and written down on clay tablets, thus Anu was born." There's no consistency with York nor are his claims, therefore his words can not be trusted.
<< Where was Anu born? >>
That question should have been obvious from previous claims, "created in the hearts and minds of their authors and as these authors became authentic, their documents became authentic and within the pages of their documents called scriptures, God was born." But to remain consistent with inconsistency, York claims that Anu was born in the fake so-called nineteenth galaxy called Illyuwn, a corruption of the Arabic word Illiyin, as found in the Qur'an chapter 83, one of the books York says that was not divinely inspired, tampered with and you'd be a fool to swear by them.
York used the term "ILLYUWN", rather than "ILLIYIN" which again is an Arabic corrupted word. But York playing phonetic games, wanted his followers and others to believe that Illiyin is Illiyuwn, the name of a galaxy light years away from earth (according to York) were the same. Altering Illiyin, to Illiyuwn, and naming a fictitious galaxy after it, was York's doing. Claiming that it's derived from Arabic and that it is a physical place where Allah (ANU) is resides.
"I hope that this point is very clear for what I am next to say, that is; Illyuwn is a place. And according to the Qur'aan, 'a book of the religious is kept in that place Illiyin'. Then that means Illyuwn is a material place, a place where a book can rest on something. A place where people where can read or beings can read from a book. And Allah must be there along with other beings Rizqiyian of Rizqiyuwn, as Razaaq the residing Rizqiyian...this place is Illyuwn, which I put before those of you who want right knowledge, Illyuwn is where those righteous records are kept, and where the Rizqiyians EXIST."
-Malachi York: Extraterrestrials And Creation pg. 101-102
If you look in the Qur'an, you'll see three specific Arabic words in that chapter, that rhyme; Sijjin, Illiyin and Tasnim. Yes they rhyme, something York himself stated in his 1989 book, 360 Questions to Ask the Orthodox Sunni Muslims. In his deception however, he was clever enough to not use Sijjin and Tasnim, because he would be forced to also corrupt those words which would then have been, Sijj-UN and Tasn-UM to coincide with Illiy-UN. Nothing but a constant theme of misinformation, deception and inconsistencies.
Ignoring what he previously wrote in the Extraterrestrials And Creation book, York then wanted you to believe the Qur'an to NOW be a valid document after previously claiming it as fictional.
"The Biblical and Koranic concept of God was created in the hearts and minds of their authors and as these authors became authentic, their documents became authentic and within the pages of their documents called scriptures, God was born."
-Malachi York: Conflict Between the Gods pg. 1
Now let's look at one of the more current York publications. In this booklet you'll see yet another linguistic error, demonstrating without a doubt, that he was absolutely dumb when it came to Sumerian language and literature, let alone Sumerian culture, where he writes the following.
"The first son Enki and his emissaries the DINGIR or Seraphim the agreeable Angelic 'beings', both can take human form or shape-shift into other forms at will."
-Malachi York: Actual Fact - The Proof By Way Of Paa Nabab: Yaanuwn pg. 63
The first error in this mass of nonsensical pseudo-linguistics is that Enki, along with his emissaries (persons on a special mission) were the Dingir, some sort of Angelic "beings". Ridiculous, and here's why. In Sumerian language, they have what are known as Determinatives (qualifiers). A determinative, secondary, is known as a taxogram or semagram, and are ideograms, symbols used for deities, animals, plants, kings etc. The cuneiform sign for An/Anu is the determinative known as a DINGIR, and used as a sign for sky (heaven), deity/god, at times a star (MUL). In transliteration it's shown as a (d) before the name of a deity as we see with the divine names of d-Marduk, d-En-lil, d-En-ki. Below are a couple of examples of dEn-ki and dEn-lil2 using two slightly different cuneiform fonts, the Santakku font and the Old Babylonian monumental script.
Above are the cuneiform terms of divine names for; dEnki and dEnlil, this can be verified by simply reading or researching any of the various Sumerero-Akkadian tablets. The symbol for sky DINGIR, evolved from a pictographic representation of a star. Heaven or sky is the upper level of the universe, or all that is high or elevated. The ancient Sumerian sign DINGIR signifies sky or deity. In Old Akkadian, it was pronounced SAMU, meaning sky, or ILU - deity. Dingir is seen in many Mesopotamian clay, cone, cylinder seals and cuneiform tablets. Below are a couple of example texts as found at the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative; a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute of the History of Science, Berlin, Germany. The DINGIR is easily seen on these ancient Sumerian texts.
The above Adminitrative Sumerian text (period Ur III ca. 2100-2000 BC) the DINGIR can be seen in (obverse) 1. and seal 1 in the (reverse) Lu2-dingir-ra
York had a poor working knowledge of the DINGIR symbol. (D) was simply a letter used before a Sumerian term letting you know that it's a divine name, but never pronounced. York even corrupted the determinative by having another symbol made up and claiming it to be a determinative as seen below.
It was also York who, in following another pseudo scholar and book hustler (Zecharia Sitchin) promoted the fallacy that DINGiR meant fiery ones of the rocket ship, or simply a rocket ship, the sort of long outdated rocket ship you'll see with the early 1960's and 70's Moon missions.
York, who claimed to have "76 trillion years of knowledge", an avatar for the biblical Melchizedek and "being guided by the Masters", took the easy way out by using the teaching of Zecharia Sitchin, and Sitchin's delusional definition of DINGIR being the righteous ones of the rocket ships,
"...Dinneer/Dingir - Din-neer/ Din-geer, Sumerian, "the Righteous Ones of the Rocket Ships..."
-Malachi York: Holy Tablets pg. 1664
York took that straight off the pages of Sitchin's books, and because he relied heavily on the books of Zecharia Sitchin, York stole all claims of rocket ships directly from Sitchin. Unfortunately for York, he never verified Sitchin's writings with any ancient text, rather, he plagiarized then published them in his own books.
"Utu/Shamash was 'he of the fiery rocket ships.' He was, we suggest, the commander of the spaceport of the gods."
The 12th Planet pg. 21
"land of the Lord of the Rocket ships"
Is Jesus God pg.
York's commentary was derived from Sitchin's misinformation. York then magnified the misinformation by presenting cuneiform fonts proposed to mean "land of the Lord of the rocket ships", but as predicted, York offers no citations from any primary sources so these terms can be verified.
There is NO ancient text that mentions a rocket ship in Sumer.
Sitchin then attempts to bring Kemet into the Sumerian fallacies, seeking a link between /MU/ and /bnbn/ (Ben-Ben)
"The shaft of the rocket is clearly stored underground, in a man-made silo constructed of tubular segments and decorated with leopard skins...We can see that the rocket contained a number of compartments. The lower one shows two men surrounded by curving tubes. Above them there are three circular panels. Comparing the size of the rockethead - the ben-ben - to the size of the two men inside the rocket, and the people above the ground, it is evident that the rocket head - equivalent to the Sumerian mu, the 'celestial chamber' - could easily hold one or two operators or passengers."
-Zecharia Sitchin: The 12TH Planet: The Nephilim - People of the Fiery Rockets
The term Mu that Sitchin mentions is Sumerian, however does NOT mean or depicts a rocket. Rockets did NOT exist at that time, thus there was no term used back then describing a rocket. It's simply a Sumerian term for a year, and the Sumerian word for fire or flame is GA-AN-ZE-ER, in Akkadian it's "nablu", flash of fire, flame.
Example Text:
Transliteration:
569. na4maš-da na4dub-ba-an ga-an-ze-er bar7-a
570. na4u2-ru-tum na-me nu-gub-bu
571. na4ga-sur-ra zi murgu2-še3 šub-bu ḫe2-em-ta-ab-KA×NE-a
572. ki-bal-a sur3-gin7 ma-mu2-un-ze2-en
573. kur sa-ba mu-e-ši-gub-bu-un-za-na-gin7
Translation:
569-573 Masda stone, dubban stone, blazing fires; urutum stone, which nothing resists; when the gasura stone …… and you were set ablaze, you burnt against me in the rebel lands like a brazier. Since you all stood against me in the land of Saba: mašda stone, they shall slaughter you like a sheep. Dubban stone, they shall crunch you for pulverizing. Urutum stone, they shall sharpen you for the battle-mace; with bronze, the arrowheads of the gods, they shall smash you with the axe, stinging with fierce swords.
-Ninurta's exploits: a sir-sud to Ninurta - taken from The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature website
To demonstrate how York came up with the definition of fiery rockets, I have to give a brief background on Sitchin's concept of fiery rockets because York plagiarizes Sitchin's work on this issue. Sitchin presents in his books a source less image that he claims is an ancient "fiery rocket" he refers to as a MU. He goes on to write,
"The shaft of the rocket is clearly stored underground, in a man-made silo constructed of tubular segments and decorated with leopard skins..."
-The 12TH Planet: The Nephilim - People of the Fiery Rockets
When this image is rotated, we see the following,
Sitchin's pseudo-science and scholarship of Lookership (what something resembles, makes an artifact true no matter what it looks like). The image above claimed by Sitchin, is to mean and depict a "fiery rocket". Sitchin offers NO primary source, no textual verification to support this image and/or claim. Now if you look close at the full image and not just the bogus DINGIR claim, it's actually depicting something from Egyptian iconography, not Sumerian. Sitchin either knew this, or was ignorant to it; York certainly should have caught it, but he didn't, and used this to mean Saraphims.
"Very much in the manner of modern draftsmen, the ancient artists showed a cross-section of the underground silo. We can see that the rocket contained a number of compartments. The lower one shows two men surrounded by curving tubes. Above them there are three circular panels. Comparing the size of the rockethead - the ben-ben - to the size of the two men inside the rocket, and the people above the ground, it is evident that the rockethead - equivalent to the Sumerian mu, the 'celestial chamber' - could easily hold one or two operators or passengers.... A review of the Sumerian pictographs and ideograms leaves no doubt that whoever drew those signs was familiar with the shapes and purposes of rockets with tails of billowing fire, missile-like vehicles, and celestial cabins."
Nothing in the above sentences by Sitchin is supported by any Sumerian or Egyptian text. He's playing on the then ignorance of his audience and their lack of knowledge of the two languages. The Ben-Ben stone is NOT Sumerian, contrary to the implication Sitchin leaves. It has NO relationship to the Sumerian (MU) as he claims, take a look.
The Sesh Medew Netcher (written Egyptian language) term "Ben-Ben" stone is clearly unrelated to the Sumerian term MU, no cognates, no equivalents. The Remetch (Egyptian people) had a well understood meaning for this term as the scribes illustrated it in the Pyramid text, utterance 600.
With each entry, we see that the /bnbn/ is a stone or mound. The term /bnw/ is that of a bird (Bennu) a grey Heron and not a "fiery rocket" or as Sitchin also writes,
"...rockets with tails of billowing fire, missile-like vehicles..."
Sitchin Writes:
"Finally, let us look at the pictographic sign for 'gods' in Sumerian. The term was a two-syllable word: DIN.GIR. We have already seen what the symbol for GIR was: a two-stage rocket with fins, DIN, the first syllable, meant 'righteous, pure, bright.' Put together, then, DIN.GIR as gods or divine beings conveyed the meaning 'the righteous ones of the bright, pointed objects' or, more explicitly, the pure ones of the blazing rockets. The pictograph sign can easily bring to mind a powerful jet engine spewing flames from the end part, and a front part that is puzzlingly open. But the puzzle turns to amazement if we spell dingir by combining the two pictographs.
"The tail of the fin-like gir fits perfectly into the opening in the front of din. The astounding result is a picture of a rocket-propelled spaceship, with a landing craft docked into it perfectly - just as the lunar module was docked with the Apollo 11 spaceship!"
This is all from the 12TH Planet: The Nephilim - People of the Fiery Rockets section of Sitchin's 1976 publication.
According to Sumerologist John A. Halloran in his Sumerian Lexicon regarding the determinative MUL, he has it as, star constellation; planet; meteor (DI6/MI, "night" + UL, star, ornament) [MUL archaic frequency: 6]. v., to (let) sparkle, shine, glow
(Halloran 1999).
Based on Sitchin's claim, the images he's using are to resemble rockets from HIS period in time (the 1960's and 70's), but, if these super advanced extraterrestrials could travel in space, their travel vessel would be more advanced that a rocket from the 60's just as space travel by Americans and Russians has become more advanced than rockets of the past. Below is Sitchin's theory, which makes no sense, in one word, PSEUDO!
Anyone doing research for confirmation of Sitchin's claim, will debunk this by looking at the cuneiform and the meaning of the terms.
As stated previously, York relied heavily on Sitchin's pseudo scholarship, so much so that he passed it on to the Nuwaupians in a book where he says that his pen was "guided by the Masters", and it appears that Zecharia Sitchin was one of the MASTERS who guided Malachi York's pen. As a matter of historical accuracy and fact, below are various forms of the DINGIR throughout time on cuneiform clay tablets, nothing supporting anything Sitchin wrote.
Below is a short list of determinatives, and how they're properly used before Sumerian terms.
The second bogus claim involves the use of the term Seraphin, something York says prior to resent claims, "comes from the word Seraph, which means 'to burn.'
-Malachi York: The Degree Of Muhammad-ism pg. 710
But how can this be when all references to Enki was that he was an anthropomorphic god of water, having nothing to do with Seraph (fire) unless Enki was in a pot of boiling water! Below is a depiction of Enki located in the British Museum Adda cylinder seal 89115, the water release is very noticeable.
He adds to this belief with the following commentary from his more resent publications,
"...Seraphim the agreeable Angelic 'beings', both can take human form or shape-shift into other forms at will."
-Malachi York: Actual Fact - The Proof By Way Of Paa Nabab: Yaanuwn pg. 63
On page 2 of the same publication, York presents a fraudulent chart which contradicts his previous commentary as well as his mentor Sitchin, where he taught that DINGER were "fiery rockets".
In addition to Seraphim, York makes mention of the term, U.SHUM.GAL which are supposed the biblical the Seraphim.
"In Sumerian doctrine, equivalents to the Cherubeem and Serapheem would be the U.SHUM.GAL and the ANUNNA...as far as the language is concerned in Sumer the U.SHUM.GAL were the winged serpents who would be equivalent to the Serapheems meaning 'fiery serpents'."
Is Jesus God? pg. 14-15
Now let's analyze the contradictions; York claimed in the Holy Tablets that Dingir, as a Sumerian word, meant, the righteous ones of rocket ships.
"...Dinneer/Dingir - Din-neer/ Din-geer, Sumerian, "the Righteous Ones of the Rocket Ships..."
-Malachi York: Holy Tablets pg. 1664
This was taken from Zecharia Sitchin's claim and illustration that DINGIR was a fiery Rocket.
"... We have already seen what the symbol for GIR was: a two-stage rocket with fins, DIN, the first syllable, meant 'righteous, pure, bright.' Put together, then, DIN.GIR as gods or divine beings conveyed the meaning 'the righteous ones of the bright, pointed objects' or, more explicitly, the pure ones of the blazing rockets...."
-Zechariah Sitchin: The 12th Planet
Then York contradicts himself and Sitchin by claiming that DINGIR are Seraphim of the bible as mentioned on the chart.
"...DIN-GIR are Seraphim..."
-Malachi York: Actual Fact - The Proof By Way Of Paa Nabab: Yaanuwn pg. 2
So ask them, which was it, were the DIN-GIR flying reptiles or fiery rockets that held passengers? York was all over they place, and it's this sort of inconsistency that leads one to the conclusion that York was making this stuff up as he went along, having no working knowledge of what he was writing or talking about. York arrived at the above conclusions after reading the book,
Flying Serpents and Dragons: The Story of Mankind's Reptilian Past by R. A. Boulay.
This is evident from the following jail letter by York. Parts were later added to the Is Jesus God book which was released after York's incarceration.
Umshumgal or Umshamgal are explained in various scholarly works by Assyriologists. Sumerologist John A. Halloran explains it in the following email responce to my question on this issue.
"usumgal: lord of all, sovereign; solitary; monster of composite powers, dragon - thought to live in the forests; simply put, (ušum, 'dragon', + gal, 'great')
Regards, John A. Halloran"
This is confirmed and verifiable in the Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary (ePSD). The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project is carried out in the Babylonian section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, so it's a reliable source to confirm Sumerian terms and where they're located in a Sumerian text.
Ušumgal "Dragon" written as ušumgal; u3-šu-gal "great dragon, snake". In Akkadian it's "ušumgallu"
-Electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
Gal (Big) written, gal; gu-la; gu-ul; gal-gal; ku-ul "(to be) big, great; (to be) retired, former; (to be) mature (of male animals)" In Akkadian it's rabû
-Electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
The term Usumgal is mentioned, and can be located in the Sumerian text of Enki and the World Order
Enki and the World Order
Transliteration: 1-19
1. en maḫ-di an ki nir-ĝal2 ni2-te-na
2. a-a den-ki gud-dam a ri-a am gal-e tud-/da\
3. mi2 dug4-ga kur gal den-lil2-le ki aĝ2 an kug-ga
4. lugal ĝišmeš3 abzu-a du3-a kur-kur-ta il2-la
5. ušumgal maḫ eridugki-ga gub-ba
6. ĝissu-bi an ki-a dul-la
7. [ĝiš]tir ĝišĝeštin-na kalam-ma la2-a
8. [den]-ki en ḫe2-ĝal2-la da-nun-na-ke4-ne
9. [dnu]-/dim2\-mud peš10-ĝal2 e2-kur-ra gaba-ĝal2 an ki-a
10. [e2]-/zu\ maḫ abzu-ta sig9-ga dim gal an ki-a
11. [den]-ki igi 1 il2-la-ni kur-šag4-ge di-di
12. [alim] u3-tud lu-lim u3-tud-da
13. [šeg9] u3-tud šeg9-bar u3-tud-da
14. [X] šag4-tum2-ma si-dug4-ga šag4 ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2-ka
15. [(X)] X sig7-ga-ba lu2 nu-ku4-ku4-da
16. [šag4 kalam]-/ma\ gi ḫal-ḫal-la-gin7 igi-zu im-ši-ĝal2
17. ud šid-e itid e2-ba ku4-ku4 mu šu du7-du7-da
18. mu šu du7 unken-e eš-bar šum2-mu-da
19. eš-bar kiĝ2 ud-da si sa2-sa2-e-da
Enki and the World Order English
Translation: 1-19
Grandiloquent lord of heaven and earth, self-reliant, Father Enki, engendered by a bull, begotten by a wild bull, cherished by Enlil, the Great Mountain, beloved by holy An, king, meš tree planted in the Abzu, rising over all lands; great dragon who stands in Eridug, whose shadow covers heaven and earth, a grove of vines extending over the Land, Enki, lord of plenty of the Anuna gods, Nudimmud, mighty one of the E-kur, strong one of heaven and earth! Your great house is founded in the Abzu, the great mooring-post of heaven and earth.
-Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
Now that we can check and verify by way of primary sources as well as the Sumerian language, having that ability eliminates any speculation, ambiguities or the lies regarding such topics. Based on the due diligence and research methodology presented here, Sitchin & York's claims and/or beliefs, have been debunked as related to the issue of who is ANU.
