their names developed from possible phonetic variants of the Sumerian ones not attested in textual sources. Archi additionally suggests that another of the Hurrian primordial deities, Namšara, might have been derived from Enmešarra. Karel van der Toorn argues that the Ugaritic god Ilib can be considered a representation of a theological idea analogous to the ancestors of Enlil. Notes References Bibliography External links The death of Gilgameš in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Enlil and Nam-zid-tara in the ETCSL Mesopotamian deities Mesopotamian underworld Underworld deities Types of deities