Enlil thereupon changes his intention, and going up into the ship, leads Ut-napishtim forth.
He appears also to have been a worshipper of Enlil of Nippur, to whose influence he credited his military successes.
This is indicated by the statement that the kingship is decreed for him by Enlil.
Anu, who heads the list and plays with Enlil the leading part in the Sumerian narrative, was clearly his chief rival.
Enlil, the second of the four Sumerian creating deities, eventually ousted his rivals.
