Enlight Enuma Elish - Table VII The table contains a hymn to the creator of the Universe and a listing of his fifty names corresponding to the manifestations of his power (lines 1-142). Magnifying with fifty names, great gods, Fifty... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma Elish - Table VI Finally, Marduk decided to create man and shared his plans with the wise Ea. Having gathered a council of gods, he decides to sacrifice the treacherous King and everyone agrees to this. Kingu is kille... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma Elish - Table V Then Marduk created the stars in the sky, gave light to the Moon and the Sun, and determined day and night. The damaged part of the table may have told about the creation of plants and animals. The la... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma Elish - Table IV Marduk sits on the throne, the other gods praise him, but ask him to prove his power. At Marduk's word he disappears, and then a star appears, and no one doubts his greatness. The almighty god arms hi... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma Elish - Table III Anshar sends Gaga, his ambassador, to Lahmu and Laham. Gaga must explain all events to the elder gods. The story about Tiamat’s preparation for battle is thus repeated twice through the mouth of Ansha... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma Elish - Table II The wise Ea informed Anshar about Tiamat’s preparations for the battle against the younger generation of gods. His story is a verbatim repetition of lines 129-162 of Table I. Anshar tries to persuade ... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma Elish - Table I The first tablet begins with a description of primeval chaos; neither earth nor sky existed yet. Forefather Apsu and foremother Tiamat mixed their waters. In the same time immemorial, the mighty and f... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enuma elish Enuma Elish is a Babylonian-Akkadian epic about the creation of the world. The title is the first two words from the work: “en'ma eliš” - “when at the top.” The text, written in Sumerian cuneiform, wa... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enmerkar and Ensukushsiranna One day, the ruler of Aratta, Ensukushsiranna, will send his messenger to the king of Uruk, Enmerkar. He demands that Uruk recognize him as ruler, and also wants to move the center of worship of the g... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta One day Enmerkar, the priest-lord of the Sumerian city of Uruk, the son of the sun god Utu, decided to subjugate the state of Arattu. He enlisted the support of the powerful goddess Inanna, who promis... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enlil and Ninlil This was at a time when the holy city of Nippur was inhabited only by gods, the children of Anu. One of the goddesses of the older generation, the old and cunning Nunbarshegunu, decided to marry her d... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
Enlight Enki and Eridu According to this myth, Enki, as the god of water, creates the city of Eridu, raising it from the watery abyss of Abzu. Enki then goes to Nippur to Enlil so that he, as the supreme god, will consecrat... Myths Myths of the Ancient Sumerians
