(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