Talk:Anu

message: In the first paragraph, one can learn the following: He was believed to have the power to judge those who had committed crimes, and to have created the stars as soldiers to destroy the wicked. Is there any source for this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skibbereen4567 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: First paragraph

message: Someone keeps updating this page with some truly weird 'pop culture'. Can someone keep an eye on it and make sure whomever this is gets booted? Kaligraphia (talk) 04:09, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: People still believe in Sitchin? The man was a con-artist and a charlatan and as a source is far from credible. To learn what those writings actually say, I suggest you learn Sumerian yourself or ask someone well-versed in Sumerian cuneiform, instead of believing con-men who know nothing about ancient languages.--WANAX (talk) 14:11, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Someone keeps updating this page with some truly weird 'pop culture'. Can someone keep an eye on it and make sure whomever this is gets booted? Kaligraphia (talk) 04:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Unverified supposition

message: ...seems irrelevant and isn't cited.  Should it be pruned?
I agree with that. If there was some sort of reliable citation attached to it, I suppose it'd be fine, but there isn't. Besides, is there any proof that the name Anu is given profusely in Thailand and is given to mainly dark-skinned people? I really think someone should cut that statement if no one's going to give reasons for stating it. Ryan 04:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last paragraph 

message: This article seems largely based upon ancient (pre-World War I) material, reflecting a highly obsolete viewpoint.
For example, Is Bel = Marduk or Enlil.  The three way dision does not wor as Bel as Enlil (Nippur) = Air, not Earth.
Regards
John D. Croft 11:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe we may need to include something from Stephen H. Langdon, he was post WWI at least.--Faro0485 (talk) 12:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Needing Rewrite

message: I cleaned up that paragraph and added a citation for the Sumerian cosmogony bit I added. I fail to see how that paragraph has anything to do with the origin of the name. If anyone can help us out with that I would appreciate it. NJMauthor (talk) 00:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin of the name "An"

message: In comparative religion, I feel that it may be possible to detect common attributes between Anu and Metatron ; I would dare anyone to try. 69.157.239.212 (talk) 13:17, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Anu and Metatron

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message: Anu -> Enki (Sea) and Enlil (Storm) and Ereshkigal (Death)
Cronus -> Poseidon (Sea) and Zeus (Storm) and Hades (Death)
 El -> Yam (Sea) and Hadad (Storm) and  Mot (Death)
There are many  cross-references in all these mythologies to further establish these facts. Even the  Hindu,  ancient Egypt,  Aztec,  Mayan, etc. mythologies ultimately are based on these few deities. The difference is mostly in name and attribute only. We can find these deities even in Norse mythology... 178.201.14.173 (talk) 06:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Same as Levantine El and ancient Greek Cronus 

message: I have been looking at various cuniform pages, most display ok, the unicode (presumably) symbols in the first para here do not display properly (the box with numbers in it).
Is this a wiki encoding issue, or do I need another font.
Other pages, when examining the html, show font family e.g.
< span style="font-size: 125%; font-family: Akkadian; transition: transform 1s ease 0s;" title="Classical Sumerian cuneiform" xml:lang="sux-Xsux" lang="sux-Xsux">𒅴𒂠< /span>
Whereas this page has
𒀭𒀭  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mimarx (talk • contribs) 23:09, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Font use? 

message: The what-is-that-again? 
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1998JBAA..108....9R. Page 12..
"The three great gods and the three divisions of the heavens were Anu, the ancient god of the heavens; Enlol, son of Anu, god of the air and the forces of nature, and lord of the gods; and Ea, the beneficent god of earth and life, who dwelt in the abyssal waters. The Babylonians divided the sky into three parts named after them. The northern sky was the Way of Enlil; the equator and most of the zodiac occupied the Way of Anu; and the southern sky was the Way of Ea."
(20040302 (talk) 13:02, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "the three bands of the sky" 

message: In the article about Kumarbi, it is said that Kumarbi is a Hurrian god and that the Hittite equivalent is called Halki, but in this article we can read the following: 
"In ancient Hittite religion, Anu is a former ruler of the gods, who was overthrown by his son Kumarbi, who bit off his father's genitals and gave birth to the storm god Teshub. Teshub overthrew Kumarbi, avenged Anu's mutilation, and became the new king of the gods. This story was the later basis for the castration of Ouranos in Hesiod's Theogony". 
Which page is incorrect? Was this god called Kumarbi or Halki in Hittite? Oddeivind (talk) 13:55, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Kumarbi or Halki

message: The Kudurru of Nebuchadnezzar I (Isin 2) says "From  the  city  Der,  the cult centre of the god Anum, he  made an incursion to (a distance  of) thirty leagues." Frame, Grant. Rulers of Babylonia, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995Ploversegg (talk) 04:44, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Pretty sure the references to Anu in texts from Der are a stand-in for Ishtaran. HaniwaEnthusiast (talk) 08:50, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Der