His temple, the E-Abzu, was a center for religious and intellectual activity.
The Abzu (Apsu): Often symbolized in depictions, the Abzu is the primordial sea beneath the earth where Hea resides.
He is often described as residing in the Abzu, surrounded by water and dispensing wisdom.
It is now very clear that the first civilization merged many thousands ofyears ago in a land the Sumerians called the ABZU—the land of the FIRST [emphasis in the original]people in southern Africa—where the gold came from.”
Abzu represents freshwater; his counterpart is Tiamat, who represents salt water.
Lahmu and Lahamu: Offspring of Abzu and Tiamat.
Comparable to other primordial waters in various mythologies, such as Abzu in Mesopotamian mythology, Tehom in the Bible, and Wuji in Chinese philosophy.
Now listen to this: the Sumerian tablets tell us that the ancient people of the Abzu, or southern Africa, were mining all kinds of minerals many thousands of years ago, long before conventional archaeology seems to suggest.21:29Yes, he's right.
28:36We came, for example, they call the South repeatedly refers to the southern part of the world as the Abzu.28:55The correct pronunciation is not "Abzu" as in animal zoo; no, it's "Absu." They pronounced the Z-U as "su."29:11And that is an African word.
He was believed to have established the city and to have built its most important temple, the E-Abzu, which was dedicated to the worship of Enki and his consort, the goddess Ninhursag.
Credo Mutwa mentioned the term "Abzu" in the context of ancient African mining and its connection to Sumerian mythology.
Credo Mutwa mentioned that the Sumerian tablets referred to the ancient people of the Abzu, or southern Africa, as having mined various minerals many thousands of years ago.
The term "Abzu" is linked to these mining operations and the associated rituals and practices.
In Sumerian mythology, the Abzu (or Apsu) is the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld (Kur) and the earth (Ma).
Mutwa's reference to the Abzu ties ancient African mining activities to a broader narrative that includes Sumerian myths, suggesting a deep historical and cultural link between African civilizations and those of the ancient Near East.
'The Shaft' could this be a reference to Enki's most important temple, the E-Abzu.
Wherein Abzu/Absu in African history is related to mining.
His mother Nammu (creatrix also of Abzu and Tiamat) "brings the tears of the gods" before Enki and says
Samuel Noah Kramer believes that behind this myth of Enki's confinement of Abzu lies an older one of the struggle between Enki and the Dragon Kur (the underworld).
According to the myth, they are the first of the primordial deities to emerge from the chaos of the universe, born from the union of the fresh waters of the Abzu and the salt waters of the Tiamat.