| Sumerian Mythology |  | Author: Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 184
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0812210476
EAN: 9780812210477
ASIN: 0812210476
Publication Date: October 1, 1998
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Product Description
The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who lived in southern Babylonia from 4000-3000 B.C.E. They invented cunieform writing, and their spiritual beliefs influenced all successive Near Eastern religions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They produced an extensive body of literature, among the oldest in the world. Samuel Noah Kramer spent most of his life studying this literature, by piecing together clay tablets in far-flung museums. This work gives translations or summaries of the most important Sumerian myths.
This book is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely digitally revised and optimized for Kindle, including an interactive table-of-contents.
Contents:
PREFACE
NOTE TO THE REVISED EDITION
INTRODUCTION
THE SOURCES: THE SUMERIAN LITERARY TABLETS DATING FROM APPROXIMATELY 2000 B. C.
CHAPTER I THE SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGY
CHAPTER II MYTHS OF ORIGINS 1
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
CHAPTER III MYTHS OF KUR
THE DESTRUCTION OF KUR: THE SLAYING OF THE DRAGON
INANNA'S DESCENT TO THE NETHER WORLD
CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS MYTHS
THE DELUGE
THE MARRIAGE OF MARTU
INANNA PREFERS THE FARMER
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