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SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGY
A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C.
SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER
REVISED EDITION
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
[1944, revised 1961]
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. The Sources: the Sumerian Literary Tablets Dating from Approximately 2000 B. C
CHAPTER
I. The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology
II. Myths of Origins
The Creation of the Universe
The Organization of the Universe
Enlil and Ninlil: the Begetting of Nanna
The Journey of Nanna to Nippur
Emesh and Enten: Enlil Chooses the Farmer god
The Creation of the Pickax
Cattle and Grain
Enki and Ninhursag: the Affairs of the Water god
Enki and Sumer: the Organization of the Earth and Its Cultural Processes
Enki and Eridu: the Journey of the Water-god to Nippur
Inanna and Enki: the Transfer of the Arts of Civilization from Eridu to Erech
The Creation of Man
III. Myths of Kur
The Destruction of Kur: the Slaying of the Dragon
Inanna's Descent to the Nether World
IV. Miscellaneous Myths
The Deluge
The Marriage of Martu
Inanna Prefers the Farmer
V. References and Notes
Supplementary Notes
Index

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