Anu vs Ra

King of the gods and lord of the heavens. Anu is the supreme deity of the Mesopotamian pantheon, father of the gods, and source of all royal authority.

In the beginning, heaven and earth were joined as one. When they separated, Anu took the heavens as his domain while Enlil claimed the earth. Anu fathered the great gods and established the cosmic order, assigning each deity their domains and powers through divine decree.

Anu stands at the apex of the Mesopotamian divine hierarchy as the god of the sky and the embodiment of supreme authority. His name literally means 'heaven' in Sumerian, and he personifies the distant, transcendent dome of the sky itself. From his throne in the highest heavens, Anu presides over the assembly of the gods, though he rarely intervenes directly in earthly affairs.

The supreme solar deity and creator god. Ra travels across the sky each day in his solar barque and through the underworld each night, battling the serpent Apophis.

Ra emerged from the primordial waters of Nun at the dawn of creation, creating himself. He then created Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture), establishing the cosmos.

Ra is the supreme creator and king of the gods. He travels across the sky in his solar barque by day and battles the chaos serpent Apophis in the underworld by night.