Anunnaki

Children and courtiers of the god of heaven.

Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian).

Known from at least 2500 BC until circa 200 BC (in Babylon). The Anunnaki originate as chthonic fertility deities but later feature as the seven fearsome judges of the underworld who answer to Kur and ERESˇKIGAL and who are responsible for passing sentences of death including that placed on the goddess INANA. They are often closely identified with the IGIGI.