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Sumerian Mythology - Gods, Heroes & Creatures

Southern Mesopotamia4000 BCE – 1800 BCEEarliest civilization to Babylonian absorption

Overview

The oldest recorded mythology in human history. Features An (sky), Enlil (wind), Enki (wisdom/water), and Inanna (love/war). Source of the first flood myth, the descent to the underworld, and the Epic of Gilgamesh in its earliest form.

Traditions

Temple cults of Uruk, Ur, EriduEarly cuneiform tradition

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