The "Sumerian Scribe" The Deluge!

The Deluge

A link to the full Scribe is at the top of my favourite sites on the left ALL credit to these few pages goes to the authors including Helvis213

Regards

Andy

December 24, 2007

Sumerian myth concerning the flood, with its Sumerian counterpart of the antediluvian Noah, offers the most striking parallel to the Biblical Noah from Genesis. It is also important to note, the introductory passages are of considerable significance for Mesopotamian cosmogony.



There are a number of statements concerning the creation of man, the origins of kingship and the existence of five antediluvian cities that flourished before the flood. This, “Deluge,” tablet was excavated in Nippur and was translated in 1914 by Arno Poebel. Thank you Arno for this precious gift.

CREATION OF MAN BY MOTHER GODDESS

December 24, 2007

THIS OLD BABYLONIAN TEXT, THOUGH INCOMPLETE, IS STILL FASCINATING TODAY. THE STORY DESCRIBES HOW MOTHER GODDESS MADE MAN OUT OF CLAY AND THE 

BLOOD OF A SLAIN GOD.

                     

These journals continue....May 19