The ancient Sumerian pantheon offers a complex tapestry of divine figures, cosmic dramas, and origin stories. Among them, the Anunnaki stand out as powerful entities — gods of fate, justice, and the underworld. In recent reinterpretations, however, they’ve been recast as slave traders, genetic manipulators, and dimensional overlords. This article doesn’t treat those claims as historical fact, but instead examines their symbolic resonance: the Anunnaki as representations of systemic control, soul fragmentation, and the commodification of the feminine.