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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Samuel Noah Kramer |
| ISBN: | 0812210476 9780812210477 |
| OCLC Number: | 1115556 |
| Notes: | Rev. ed. originally published 1961. |
| Description: | xxii, 130 p. ill. 20 cm. |
| Contents: | The sources : the Sumerian literary tablets -- The scope and significance of Sumerian mythology -- Myths of Origins. The creation of the universe -- The organization of the universe. Enlil : 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 watergod ; 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 -- Myths of Kur. The destruction of Kur : the slaying of the dragon ; Inanna's descent to the Nether World -- Miscellaneous myths. The deluge ; The marriage of Martu ; Inanna prefers the farmer. |
| Series Title: | Pennsylvania paperback, 47 |
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