{"collection":"Ancient Near East","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/sum/sum03.htm","path":"ane/sum/sum03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ane/sum/sum03.htm","text":"| | | PAGE | \n| INTRODUCTION. | The Sources: the Sumerian Literary Tablets Dating from Approximately 2000 B. C | 1 | \n| CHAPTER | | | \n| I. | The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology | 26 | \n| II. | Myths of Origins | 30 | \n| | The Creation of the Universe | 30 | \n| | The Organization of the Universe | 41 | \n| | Enlil and Ninlil: the Begetting of Nanna | 43 | \n| | The Journey of Nanna to Nippur | 47 | \n| | Emesh and Enten: Enlil Chooses the Farmer god | 49 | \n| | The Creation of the Pickax | 51 | \n| | Cattle and Grain | 53 | \n| | Enki and Ninhursag: the Affairs of the Water god | 54 | \n| | Enki and Sumer: the Organization of the Earth and Its Cultural Processes | 59 | \n| | Enki and Eridu: the Journey of the Water-god to Nippur | 62 | \n| | Inanna and Enki: the Transfer of the Arts of Civilization from Eridu to Erech | 64 | \n| | The Creation of Man | 68 | \n| III. | Myths of Kur | 76 | \n| | The Destruction of Kur: the Slaying of the Dragon | 76 | \n| | Inanna's Descent to the Nether World | 83 | \n| IV. | Miscellaneous Myths | 97 | \n| | The Deluge | 97 | \n| | The Marriage of Martu | 98 | \n| | Inanna Prefers the Farmer | 101 | \n| V. | References and Notes | 104 | \n| | Supplementary Notes | 120 | \n| | Index | 125 |","title":"Sumerian Mythology: Contents","type":"page"}