![]() ![]() The figure with streams of water and fish flowing from his shoulders is Ea (Sumerian Enki), god of subterranean waters and of wisdom. The figures can be identified as gods by their pointed hats with multiple horns. When the gods like men Bore the work and suffered the toll The toil of the gods was great, The work was heavy, the distress was much. The texts mention that at some point the gods mutinied against their labor. When in the height heaven was not named, And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, And the primeval Apsu, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamut, the mother of them both Their waters were mingled together, And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen When of the gods none had been called into being, And none bore a name, and no destinies were ordained Then were created the gods in the midst of heaven, Lahmu and Lahamu were called into being. The creation of Earth ( Enuma Elish ) according to the Sumerian tablets begins like this: The Sumerian creation myth can be found on a tablet in Nippur, an ancient Mesopotamian city founded in approximately 5000 BC. ![]() Ascension to the heavens in ancient mythology. ![]() The Tablet of Nippur: Discovering the Ancient Sumerian TextsĪs one of the earliest known written creation stories, the Sumerian creation legend holds significant importance offering valuable insights into the religious, political, and cultural aspects of ancient Mesopotamia. According to the ancient texts, each Sumerian city was guarded by its own god and while humans and gods used to live together, the humans were servants to the gods. ![]() Their religious system was a complex one comprised of hundreds of gods. Sumerians created an advanced civilization with its own system of elaborate language and writing, architecture and arts, astronomy and mathematics. Sumer, or the ‘land of civilized kings’, flourished in Mesopotamia, now modern-day Iraq, around 4500 BC. ![]()
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