Enlil

The first of these, however, the hymn to Enlil, may be regarded as introductory to the offering of sacrifices.

Above we quoted the first two lines of a twenty-five line Sumerian processional hymn to Enlil.

The next five lines, still continuing the message of Enlil to his son, has the refrain: “Who can strive with thee.”

He appears also to have been a worshipper of Enlil of Nippur, to whose influence he credited his military successes.

In this period the early national pantheon may have taken shape, Bel Enlil being the chief deity.