Book of Shadows (Mythical Creatures List A)

Anunnaki

Anunnaki

Mythology: Sumerian

     The Anunnaki were described as beings having animal-like features, wings, and extraordinary size. They wore horned caps, and their clothing was said to be made of a strange material called melam. It was described that it surrounded them in "terrifying splendor" and caused humans who encountered it to experience a "physical tingling of the flesh."

     They were also described as having amazing superpowers. They dictated the actions of humans and passed judgement on wayward individuals.

     Many researchers believe that the tales of the Anunnaki are nothing more than mythology that ancient people invented to explain the unknown. But there are others who have different theories about the Anunnaki. Among the most popular is that the Anunnaki were an actual race of pre-humans that came from another planet whose orbit brings it close to Earth every few thousand years.

     According to the "ancient alien" theory, the Anunnaki traveled to Earth in the distant past in search of gold. (Doesn't that sound familiar.) The Anunnaki encountered a primitive race of early humans, and through genetic manipulation and DNA splicing, they created modern humans as a cheap, easy-to-train labor force to mine gold. In order to get the easy labor force ready, they taught the humans math and how to write and helped them advanced their civilization. Once the Anunnaki had enough gold, they returned to their own planet, leaving behind a genetically altered race of humans that still viewed their alien masters as gods.

      Proponents of the ancient alien theory cite several passages in Sumerian texts as evidence to support the idea that the Anunnaki were a race of ancient astronauts. According to the passages, the ancient Sumerians had knowledge of planets and celestial bodies that cannot be seen with the naked eye. The Sumerians also had an understanding of the orbits of planets that they could not have learned by observation.

      Also the explosion in knowledge of math, astronomy, architecture, and law to suggest that the Sumerians had otherworldly teachers. Plenty of ancient civilizations knew about numbers, but no one is ascribing alien involvement to them.

      Researchers have  been puzzled by some of the descriptions of vehicles in ancient Sumerian texts that appear to reference flying machines, "chariots" that made tremendous noises and emitted smoke and fire.

     The opposite side, however, claims that this was misinterpretations of the Sumerian language or that the ancient authors were describing natural phenomena, such as volcanic eruptions.

**A lot of different varieties of theories. But this is the basic summary.**