Editing Enlil (section)

==Iconography==
[[File:Gudea dedication tablet to Ningirsu.jpg|thumb|[[Gudea]] dedication tablet to God [[Ningirsu]]: "For Ningirsu, Enlil's mighty warrior, his Master, Gudea, [[Ensi (Sumerian)|ensi]] of [[Lagash]]"]]
Enlil was represented by the symbol of a horned cap, which consisted of up to seven superimposed pairs of ox-horns.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=102}} Such crowns were an important symbol of divinity;{{snf|Black|Green|1992|page=98}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=185}} gods had been shown wearing them ever since the third millennium BC.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=98}} The horned cap remained consistent in form and meaning from the earliest days of Sumerian prehistory up until the time of the Persian conquest and beyond.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=98}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=186}}

The Sumerians had a complex numerological system, in which certain numbers were believed to hold special ritual significance.{{sfn|McEvilley|2002|pages=171–172}} Within this system, Enlil was associated with the number fifty, which was considered sacred to him.{{snf|Röllig|1971|pages=499–500}} Enlil was part of a triad of deities, which also included An and Enki.{{sfn|Tsumura|2005|page=134}}{{sfn|Delaporte|1996|page=137}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=203}}{{sfn|Kramer|1963|pages=118–122}} These three deities together were the embodiment of all the [[fixed stars]] in the night sky.{{sfn|Rogers|1998|page=13}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=203}} An was identified with all the stars of the [[Celestial equator|equatorial sky]], Enlil with those of the [[Northern celestial hemisphere|northern sky]], and Enki with those of the [[Southern Celestial Hemisphere|southern sky]].{{sfn|Rogers|1998|page=13}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=203}} The path of Enlil's celestial orbit was a continuous, symmetrical circle around the [[Celestial pole|north celestial pole]],{{sfn|Levenda|2008|page=29}} but those of An and Enki were believed to intersect at various points.{{sfn|Levenda|2008|pages=29–30}} Enlil was associated with the constellation [[Boötes]].{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=76}}