ANUNNAKI: ETYMOLOGY, ORIGIN, MYTHOLOGY, AUTHORS - HISTORY - 2025

The Anunnaki are a group of very powerful Akkadian and Sumerian deities that originally belonged to the pantheon of Nippur -ancient Sumerian city-, although they are also mentioned in the cities of Lagash and Eridu, where up to fifty gods with these characteristics were worshiped.

The Anunnaki are also known as the Anunna, and according to Mesopotamian mythology these were the most powerful deities that in the beginning lived with Anu (lord of the constellations) in the sky.

The belief around the Anunnaki stipulates that they were aliens. Source: Cosmo Gandi

However, over the years the Anunna were lowered to gods of the underworld, so the Igigi took their celestial place. The reason for this change is not known; However, during this period the Anunna divided into seven gods who acted as judges in the world of the dead.

In the oldest Sumerian texts, the Anunnaki are referred to as those advanced and efficient beings who descended from heaven with the aim of designing and manufacturing the world of humans; This means that for this culture the Anunnaki were the creators of humanity.

The reinvention of the word "Anunna" occurred in 1964, when the Assyriologist Leo Oppenheim discovered the Akkadian form of this word, which was "Anunnaki." The first time this word appeared was in the most popular text by this author called Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization, published in that same year.

After this, the concept of the Anunnaki was taken up by different representatives of the esoteric world, as well as by some pseudoscientific blogs on the internet. These esoteric inclinations are based on the belief that the Anunnaki were an ancient civilization of aliens, who came to Earth thousands of years ago.

According to author Zecharia Sitchin, the Anunnaki came to Earth 450,000 years ago and came from a planet called Nibiru. He describes these entities as beings three meters tall and white skin, with beards and very long hair. Furthermore, it assumes that the Anunnaki left Earth full of technologies that accelerated human evolution.

Etymology

A particular characteristic of the word "Anunnaki" is that it can be written in a variety of ways, since in some texts it is found as "a-nuna", while in others it appears as "a-nuna-ke-ne" and "a -nun-na ”.

Some experts assure that this can be translated like “those of real blood”; however, the ufologists defend that the word means "heaven and earth" (Anu is heaven, na is y, ki is earth). According to the Babylonian epic, these deities were the fifth generation of Enuma Elish (heavenly creation) entities.

Origin of the theory

The theory that the Anunnaki were beings from another planet began with the text Ancient Mesopotamia: Account of a Dead Civilization, published by Adolph Leo Oppenheim in 1964.

Thanks to this important work, a series of esoteric questions began to emerge around these strange figures much more advanced than men.

Zecharia Sitchin. Source: annunaki.org

In 1970 the writer Zecharia Sitchin decided to publish a collection of books known as Chronicles of the Earth. In these texts Zecharia had translated supposed Sumerian tablets in which the Anunnaki were spoken of.

In one of the books in the series called The 12th Planet, the Azerbaijani author recounts the introduction of the Anunnaki to Earth, who came from a planet known as Nibiru.

It is important to note that Nibiru does appear in the Babylonian texts, since for the Babylonians this was a celestial body that is currently identified as Jupiter.

For esoteric circles, Nibiru is not a planet in this solar system but rather a celestial body that orbits invisibly through the galaxies. For the scientific community, these statements are absurd and unlikely, despite the fact that there is the possibility of finding some unknown planet in this same system.

Unlikely guesses of the author

According to Sitchin, the Anunnaki were very pale and tall creatures with long hair who had once lived in Mesopotamia.

Sitchin says that, thanks to their advances in genetic engineering, these beings had managed to accelerate human evolution from Neanderthal to Homo sapiens through their own DNA: this had the objective of creating more efficient slave workers and similar to them.

This author states that the technological power of the Anunnaki has not yet been surpassed by man, since these entities had the capacity to carry out space travel and to handle genetic engineering almost 500,000 years ago.

Likewise, the theory establishes that the Anunnaki left evidence on Earth of their unknown technology, which can be evidenced in the pyramids -both the Egyptians, the Aztecs, the Mayans and the Chinese-, in the circle of Stonehenge, in the Baalbeck port and on the Machu Pichu lines.

All the assumptions and conjectures of Zecharia Sitchin have been denied and ridiculed by archaeologists, historians and scientists, who do not agree with his supposed translation of ancient texts and with his misunderstanding of the physical discipline.

Mythology

The spouses Ki and Anu, the brothers Enki and Enlil

The most popular Babylonian myth states that the Anunnaki were sons of Ki and Anu, brother gods. The Anunnaki council was led by Anu, while the rest of the members of the royal pantheon were his descendants.

Later the place of Anu was taken by the lord of the wind (Enlil), who was considered as the separator of earth and sky. After this a conflict arose between Enlil and his half brother Enki, who did not accept the legitimacy of Enlil's mandate.

Creation of men and distribution of the Anunnaki

Enki is the god of wisdom, magic and fresh water, which is why some consider him a kind of alchemist.

It is believed that he was the creator of humans, since after the Igigi refused to continue with the harmony of the universe, Enki decided to create men so that they could perform the tasks that the gods had abandoned.

For this reason Enki is also credited with creating certain human activities, such as the arts, technical means for agriculture, and other earthly trades. He is also said to have created the Apkallu, half-man, half-fish creatures who inhabited the Earth as important advisers and priests to kings.

According to the Akkadian legend of Atrahasis, the gods decided to sacrifice the god Geshtu-E with the aim of creating humanity by mixing the deity's flesh with clay.

After this the mother goddess mixed the clay and ordered the other gods to spit on it. To culminate, Enki and the mother goddess performed a magical ritual in which Enki took fourteen pieces of clay from which he removed seven women and seven men.

After the creation of Enki, the Anunnaki - who were very important representatives in the heavenly council - were distributed throughout the earth and the underworld. The best known Anunnaki were Asarualim, Asarualimnunna, Asaru, En-Ki, Asaruludu, Namru, Tutu and Namilaku.

Some facts about the Anunnaki

One of the most important Anunnaki deities was Asarualim, who was considered "the god of secret knowledge." His goal was to bring light to dark places to fill the space of knowledge and life; for this he is recognized as the god of science and learning.

Another important Anunnaki was Asarualimnunna, who was known to be the warrior god, in charge of warfare and the art of war.

For his part, the Anunnaki Asaruludu was a protective deity, who was invoked during the Sumerian religious exorcisms. Some texts describe him as "the light of the gods" and "the bearer of the sword of fire."

The god Tutu was also an important Anunnaki, described in ancient texts as "the supreme among the assembly of the gods" and "the one who brings joy to the sad and sick of heart." He was the tutelary god of the city of Borsippa during the reign of Hammurabi, but was later replaced by Nabu, another deity of great importance.

Of the rest of the Anunnaki gods there are not many data, since many texts where these deities appeared have been lost or cannot be translated in their entirety due to the age of their language.

Influential authors

Zecharia Sitchin

This author is known mainly for the creation of a series of books that promote pseudoscience through the so-called Theory of ancient astronauts, in which the extraterrestrial origin of human beings is defended.

This theory is also known as the Ancestral Alien Hypothesis and is a belief without historical or scientific basis that aliens have been responsible for the development of human cultures, religions and technologies.

This theory is considered a pseudoscience, since there is no evidence that makes it verifiable and it is based only on assumptions.

Peter kolosimo

He was an Italian writer and journalist who also defended the ancient astronaut hypothesis.

He is considered as one of the founders of pseudoarchaeology, a pseudoscience whose objective is to study the origin of ancient civilizations through methods not recognized by the scientific community.

Juan José Benítez López

He is a Spanish journalist and writer known for his saga entitled Caballo de Troya. He also dedicated a large part of his life to ufology, which consists of the study of the UFO phenomenon.

Although he has been highly acclaimed by the public, his works have been highly questioned, especially by the most skeptical.

One of his most controversial claims was that Jesus Christ "was the great extraterrestrial"; This premise is supported by arguing that the possession of the Jewish prophet's healing gifts are actually more advanced extraterrestrial technologies.

JJ Benítez has a lot of support from various sectors of the population; for example, in 1976 he received twelve UFO files from Lieutenant General Felipe Galarza. This event is remembered by the Spanish as the first declassification of UFO files in the Iberian Peninsula.

The Anunnaki on YouTube and social media

At present, Zacharia's theory has not been completely discarded, but has actually taken a new boom thanks to the creation of social networks; As a consequence of globalization, the Anunnaki have become part of pop culture within industrialized societies.

For example, there are various works of art for sale in certain digital galleries where Anunnaki are portrayed.

In these pixel art style paintings you can see the green and amorphous faces of these entities, who were not portrayed as they appear in Sumerian sculptures but have been represented through urban myths of UFOs.

One of the social networks that has benefited the most from conspiracy theories and pseudosciences has been YouTube, where users from all over the world - known globally as youtubers - share their opinions and perceptions on any particular topic, gaining thousands of daily visits.

For example, there is a video on YouTube called The Anunnaki and the Human Origin shared by David Parcerisa that has 13,486 views. Another video, from an anonymous user and entitled The story of the Anunnaki, reaches 4,857,401 views.

Many videos of this type claim that the true history of the Anunnaki remains hidden, while the history that archaeologists and historians handle is actually false or does not tell the truth in its entirety.

There are also videos in which the user claims to have found some Anunnaki object or mention the discovery of an abandoned city that was supposedly built by the Anunnaki.

As for the comments of the videos, many users resort to mockery; however, the majority of consumers agree with the content provided by these channels.

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