Anunnaki, the legend of the alien gods who created humans

Anunnaki, the legend of the alien gods who created humans
The Anunnaki or alien gods were increasingly mentioned in various conspiracy theories, brought to the fore by Zecharia Sitchin's bestseller, Genesis Revisited. In his book, Sitchin did extensive research on ancient mythologies, and studied the megalithic ruins left behind by various civilizations.
In his books, Sitchin wants to show that this race of aliens has genetically modified humans for several reasons. Sitchin's theory has gained many followers, who have developed it further, finding evidence of the existence of these aliens around the world, both past and present. Underlying the theory are the Sumero-Babylonian gods, the Anunnaki, as aliens from the planet Nubiru (12th planet).
Although the theory of extraterrestrial gods sounds like the Roman SF, the transformation of gods into beings and vice versa is a psychological phenomenon of humans that has been observed and related since the time of ancient Greek philosophers and is named after the Greek philosopher Euhemeros (300 BC). Euhemirism states that the gods were in fact kings, queens, heroes, whose deeds were transformed into stories and legends, often with great deviations from reality.
So the Anunnaki theory is actually a ehemirism of our times that tries to explain the miraculous phenomena of ancient legends through advanced technologies of an alien race.
Researcher Charles Fort has dedicated his entire life to studying various ancient texts, drawings and constructions and has identified a number of anomalies and mysteries contrary to perceptions of reality, whether scientific or religious. In an attempt to explain these anomalies of history, a large number of writers they came up with different theories. One of these theories is that of the ancient astronaut created by the Swiss writer Erich von Daniken.
At first the theory was ridiculed but later it found followers like Zecharia Sitchin. The theory is based on a Sumerian drawing with a figure that brings with it an astronaut of today. Due to the fact that Sitchin was one of the few researchers who understood and deciphered Sumerian writing, the theory gained credibility for many followers of Sitchin. Creating the Anunnaki legend
Zechariah Sitchin tries to distort reality, to interpret the customs and traditions of the ancient Sumerians for the benefit of his theory. characters who play these celestial bodies.
A reference work in ancient mythology is Occidental Mythology written by Joseph Campbell, who after extensive research states in his work that biblical phenomena such as the exodus of Moses are just simple legends, and in terms of Greek, Germanic or Celtic mythology, even they said, as did the Sumerians, that events are stories and the characters only interpret certain beliefs.
Certainly ancient mythology is not as interesting as the possibility that in the past an alien species may have interacted with the human species, hence the increased interest in this theory.
In ancient times people were not as stupid and naive as they are presented in many materials, but even surprisingly advanced. They developed over tens of generations and developed a complex astronomical system in which they tracked the movement of various celestial bodies. These astral observations were developed by all ancient civilizations. Life itself has been ordered according to the movements of the stars, according to the rotational motion of the earth, the motion of the moon in relation to the earth, or the motion of the moon in relation to the sun. Based on these astral observations, agriculture and navigation developed. Since people were addicted to agriculture, it is not surprising that they came to worship the stars with which they knew when to sow and when to harvest.
What Sutchin does is only interpret these legends in order to create an interesting story, which is not at all for the benefit of these people who in the past with their knowledge have managed to push civilization forward.
For example, the Sumerians mentioned the Anunnaki as the guardians of the "7 gates" through which the "son of the Lord" had to pass in the "world beyond." In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Anunnaki appear as follows:
"The Flood: Nergal demolished the dams of the lower waters, Ninurta the king of war removed the dams and the seven judges of hell, the Anunnaki, with their cakes, set fire to the earth with live fire."
The "lower waters" represent heaven, and Annunaki were the judges who decided the fate of the earth and the bearers of light in the night sky. Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets ”:
The seven exorcised devils of Mary Magdalene appear to have been the seven Maskimi or Anunnaki, Sumerian-Akkadian spirits of the seven lower spheres, born of the goddess Mari. An Akkadian tablet said of them that “There are seven! There are seven in the depths of the ocean! There are seven in heaven! ”