Sumerian Mythology Contents
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 |
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| I. |
The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology |
| II. |
Myths of Origins |
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The Creation of the Universe |
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The Organization of the Universe |
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Enlil and Ninlil: the Begetting of Nanna |
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The Journey of Nanna to Nippur |
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Emesh and Enten: Enlil Chooses the Farmer god |
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The Creation of the Pickax |
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Cattle and Grain |
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Enki and Ninhursag: the Affairs of the Water god |
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Enki and Sumer: the Organization of the Earth and Its Cultural Processes |
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Enki and Eridu: the Journey of the Water-god to Nippur |
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Inanna and Enki: the Transfer of the Arts of Civilization from Eridu to Erech |
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The Creation of Man |
| III. |
Myths of Kur |
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The Destruction of Kur: the Slaying of the Dragon |
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Inanna's Descent to the Nether World |
| IV. |
Miscellaneous Myths |
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The Deluge |
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The Marriage of Martu |
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Inanna Prefers the Farmer |
| V. |
References and Notes |
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Supplementary Notes |
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Index |
