"Váruṇa is clearly comparable to the Sumerian deity An. Just as Váruṇa is often styled a king in the Ṛgveda, and is king of both gods and men, or all that exists, so An is associated with the highest authority on earth, that kingship."
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(Akkadian: 𒀭𒀭 akkDAN, Anu‹m› or Ilu or An (Sumerian: 𒀭 AN, from 𒀭 an "Sky, Heaven") is the divine personification of the sky, supreme God, and ancestor of all the deities in . Anu was believed to be the supreme source of all authority, for the other gods and for all mortal rulers.
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