Sumerian Mythology : A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C.

List of Illustrations ix(2) Preface xi INTRODUCTION. The Sources: The Sumerian Literary Tablets 1(25) I. The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology 26(4) II. Myths of Origins 30(46) The Creation of the Universe 30(11) The Organization of the Universe 41(35) Enlil and Ninll: the Begetting of Nanna 43(4) The Journey of Nanna to Nippur 47(2) Emesh and Enten: Enlil Chooses the Farmer-god 49(2) The Creation of the Pickax 51(2) Cattle and Grain 53(1) Enki and Ninhursag: the Affairs of the Watergod 54(5) Enki and Sumer: the Organization of the Earth and Its Cultural Processes 59(3) Enki and Eridu: the Journey of the Water-god to Nippur 62(2) Inanna and Enki: the Transfer of the Arts of Civilization from Eridu to Erech 64(4) The Creation of Man 68(8) III. Myths of Kur 76(21) The Destruction of Kur: the Slaying of the Dragon Inanna's Descent to the Nether World 83(14) IV. Miscellaneous Myths 97(7) The Deluge 97(1) The Marriage of Martu 98(3) Inanna Prefers the Farmer 101(3) V. References and Notes 104(16) Supplementary Notes to Revised Edition 120(5) Index 125