'Enlil' (Akkadian 'Ellil') is the 'air/wind/storm' god, the 'breath' of the world — his name means 'the breath of Enlil' (the wind that gives life) [S5][S6]. In the Sumerian period, Enlil was one of the great gods; in the Akkadian and Babylonian periods, he became the king of the gods (the 'Anum' — the supreme deity) [S1][S6]. Enlil's great temple was at Nippur (the 'Ekur' — the 'mountain house') [S5][S6]. Enlil is the 'decider': he makes the fates (the 'me' — the divine decrees that order the world) [S5]. Enlil's consort is Ninlil [S5]. Enlil's children include Nanna (the moon god), Ninhursag (the earth-mother, in some accounts), and Nergal (the underworld god, in some accounts) [S5]. Enlil is the god who decrees the flood (in the Atrahasis and the Gilgamesh flood-story) [S2][S3].