Enlil and Enki fashioned Ashnan, goddess of grain, in the gods' own chamber on the cosmic hill, because the Anunnaki hungered and neither bread nor beer yet existed in the world.
Ashnan and Lahar grew drunk on their own abundance and quarreled bitterly over which was more vital to gods and mortals — grain or cattle, bread or butter — until Enlil and Enki judged that Ashnan's gifts surpassed Lahar's, though neither could be spared.
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