Manu the Great was a Chaldea

Chaldea

Chaldea or Chaldaea , from Greek , Chaldaia; Akkadian ; Hebrew כשדים, Kaśdim; Aramaic: ܟܐܠܕܘ, Kaldo) was a marshy land located in modern-day southern Iraq which came to briefly rule Babylon...

n god who presided over fate

Destiny

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He is referred to as one of the dii minores, or minor deities, of ancient Chaldea by Lenormant

François Lenormant

François Lenormant was a French assyriologist and archaeologist.-Early life:Lenormant's father, Charles Lenormant, distinguished as an archaeologist, numismatist and Egyptologist, was anxious that his son should follow in his steps...

 in his 1875 work, Chaldean Magic:
Henry George Tomkins, an Exeter

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 clergyman and member of the Royal Archæological Society

Royal Archaeological Institute

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, saw Manu as a possible link to the "sons of Anak

Anak

According to the Book of Numbers, during the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Anak was a well known figure, and a forefather of the Anakites who have been considered "strong and tall," they were also said to have been a mixed race of giant people, descendants of the Nephilim...

", mentioned in the Old Testament

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He is also listed in Gustav Davidson

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's A Dictionary of Angels. Both Tomkins and Davidson cite only Lenormant for their reference to Manu the Great.

Manu the Great is unrelated to and should not be confused with the Hindu

Hinduism

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 progenitor of mankind, Manu

Manu (Hinduism)

In various Hindu traditions, Manu is a title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, and also the very first brahman king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from the universal flood. He was absolutely honest which was why he was initially known as "Satyavrata"...

nor any of his manifestations.