(gods in blue)

                                                 Gibil     Enki        mine shaft      Inanna atop laboring god

          . Gi.Bil = Sumerian “He of the Fire“

          . Gerra = Akkadian

          . Hephaestus = Greek

          . Vulcan = Roman

. son to Enki & a concubine

          . Gibil espoused Kusu, Enlil’s daughter

. god of mining, & fire that purifies

. lord of the kilns, smelting metals, making tools, skyships, etc.

. GI.BIL possessed wisdom, the Akkadian word for wisdom “nimiku”, refers to mining metals.

. GIBIL was skilled in all mining techniques.

. in charge of gold mining in the “Lower World”, ancient South African mines

. he is associated with witchcraft and casting of spells