Sumerian mythology; a study of spiritual and literary achievement in the third millennium B.C. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Pennsylvania paperbacks ; 47.Publication details: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press (c)1972.Edition: revisedition. editionDescription: xxii, 130 pages illustrations 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- BL1615.K89.S864 1972
- BL1615
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN | Non-fiction | PJ4047.K7 1972 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | 31923000183752 |
Rev. edition lst published 1961.
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.
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