TY - BOOK AU - Kramer,Samuel Noah TI - Sumerian mythology: a study of spiritual and literary achievement in the third millennium B.C T2 - Pennsylvania paperback, AV - BL1615.K89.S864 1972 PY - 1972/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Mythology, Sumerian N1 - 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; 2 ER -