Canopus (α Carinae), the second-brightest star in the night sky after Sirius, was identified in Babylonian astronomy — and in the earlier Sumerian tradition — with the god Ea (Sumerian Enki).
Yes, here's a full English version of the detailed explanation about the identification of the star Canopus (α Carinae) with the god Ea (Sumerian: Enki) in Babylonian (and earlier Sumerian) astronomy: Canopus (α Carinae), the second-brightest star in the night sky after Sirius, was identified in Babylonian astronomy — and in the earlier Sumerian tradition — with the god Ea (Sumerian Enki ). In the earliest Mesopotamian astronomical texts, such as the "Three Stars Each" (the astrolabes listing "three stars for each month") and especially in the important compendium MUL.APIN (circa 1000 BCE), this star was designated as MUL.NUN.KI (𒀯𒉣𒆠) — "The Star of the City of Eridu" (NUN.KI = Eridu). Eridu (NUN.KI) was the southernmost and one of the oldest cities in Sumer, the sacred city of the god Ea/Enki — the deity of fresh waters (the Abzu/Apsu), wisdom, magic, creation, and the subterranean watery abyss. The star symbolically represent...
