1. Enlil - Noun
2. Enlil - Proper noun
god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods
Source: WordNetAccording to the Sumerians, Enlil requested the creation of a slave race, but then got tired of their noise and tried to kill them by sending a flood. Source: Internet
After dispatching Tiamat with the "arrows of his winds" down her throat and constructing the heavens with the arch of her ribs, Enlil places her tail in the sky as the Milky Way, and her crying eyes become the source of the Tigris and Euphrates. Source: Internet
Enki explains that Enlil is unfair to punish the guiltless, and the gods institute measures to ensure that humanity does not become too populous in the future. Source: Internet
Enlil tells Ninshubur he is much too busy running the cosmos. Source: Internet
Enlil was also known as the god of weather. Source: Internet
Enlil was assimilated to the north "Pole of the Ecliptic". Source: Internet