Who Are The Anunnaki, The ‘Alien’ Gods Of Ancient Sumer?
Though scholars know the Anunnaki as the gods of ancient Mesopotamia, fringe theorists believe they are ancient alien invaders from the planet Nibiru.
Before the Greeks exalted Zeus or the Egyptians praised Osiris, the Sumerians worshipped the Anunnaki.
These ancient gods of Mesopotamia had wings, wore horned caps, and possessed the ability to control all of humanity. Sumerians revered the Anunnaki as heavenly beings who shaped the destiny of their society.
Wikimedia CommonsA carving depicting the Anunnaki, the ancient Sumerian gods that some believe were aliens.
But were they more than deities? Some theorists claim that the Anunnaki were aliens from another planet. Even more shocking, they use ancient Sumerian texts to back up this wild idea. Here’s what we know.
Why The Sumerians Worshipped The Anunnaki
The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia — present-day Iraq and Iran — between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from about 4500 to 1750 B.C.
Despite being an ancient civilization, their reign was marked by a number of impressive technological advancements. For example, the Sumerians invented the plow, which played a huge role in helping their empire grow.
They also developed cuneiform, one of the earliest known systems of writing in human history. In addition, they came up with a method of keeping time — which modern people still use to this day.
But according to the Sumerians, they didn’t do it alone; they owed their historic breakthroughs to a group of gods called the Anunnaki. In their telling, the Anunnaki mostly descended from An, a supreme deity who could control both the fate of human kings and his fellow gods.
Though much remains unknown about the Sumerians and their way of life, they left evidence of their beliefs in ancient texts, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest written stories in human history.
And if one thing is clear, it’s that the Anunnaki gods were highly revered. To worship these deities, ancient Sumerians would create statues of them, dress them in clothing, give them food, and transport them to ceremonies.
Millennia later, some scholars would speculate on what made these
Anunnaki so special — and why they were held in such high regard. But it wasn’t until the 20th century that the “ancient alien” theory really took off.
It all began with the theories of Zecharia Sitchin, who wrote extensively about human origins that involved space and its forces. He wrote about the 12th planet 'Nibiru' which moved clockwise, unlike other planets that moved anti-clockwise. It is because of the collision of Nibiru with other planets that resulted in the creation of Earth.
Many historians believe that the origin of Hinduism dates back to 5,000 or more years and it is the result of several Indian traditions and cultures. However, Zecharia Sitchin has delved deep into the world's oldest living religion and proposed the theory of Anunnaki, the deities belonging to the Mesopotamian culture, i.e., Babylonian, Sumerian, Assyrian and Akkadian.
The Anunnaki were the first demigods to have inhabited and colonised this Earth and mined out gold from the land. Many researchers nullify this as a myth, but this has been mentioned in many civilisations, and especially in ancient Hindu civilisation in the skriptures of Ayurveda.
Sitchin with an ancient skripture. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
A strong similarity has been derived between Hindu gods and Sumerian gods, which makes one think if Anunnaki had a relation with Hinduism, or if Anunnaki themselves were Hindu gods. The patterns of technology, architecture, doctrines and wars show the existence of the Anunnaki as real creatures or beings.
Studies revealed that after the last ice age, the Anunnaki returned to the Earth and built territories or colonies across the Earth. One such colony was the Indus Valley, which was presented to the grand-daughter of the first being in command, Enlil. This is where the linkage of Hindu civilisation with Sumerian begins. Inanna, the granddaughter of Enlil decided to begin a civilisation in the Indus Valley.
The Aryan race got its derivation from the mixed breed of Anunnaki and humans- Aryan got its meaning from 'Ayur' (life) and +'an' (sky) i.e., the ones who live in space. The Aryans were brown-skinned which is often said to be the result of crossbreeding between African and the Mesopotamian civilisations.
Sitchin researched that Inanna the warrior princess raised the Hindu civilisation and that she is the same as Goddess Kali in Hindu faith. The taming of lions is evidently common in sculptures of both Kali and Inanna.
Mother Goddess Inanna, the proximate to Goddess KaliSource: theosociety.org
There are many other similarities between the Anunnaki and Hindu civilisation. Such as:
- A similarity has been drawn between the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh (the one who rules from above, the creator of the world, and the destroyer respectively) and the Anunnaki trio of Enki, Anu and Enlil.
- Vishnu is identical to Enki. Vishnu created the nagas and the daanavas– the humanoids that are similar to 'Neliphilim.'
- The body of a man, head of an elephant. Lord Ganesha is considered the creation of Enki, the Sumerian God.
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