SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGY
A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C.
SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER
REVISED EDITION
University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia [1944, revised 1961]
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION. | The Sources: the Sumerian Literary Tablets Dating from Approximately 2000 B. C |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology |
| II. | Myths of Origins |
| The Creation of the Universe | |
| The Organization of the Universe | |
| Enlil and Ninlil: the Begetting of Nanna | |
| The Journey of Nanna to Nippur | |
| Emesh and Enten: Enlil Chooses the Farmer god | |
| The Creation of the Pickax | |
| Cattle and Grain | |
| Enki and Ninhursag: the Affairs of the Water god | |
| Enki and Sumer: the Organization of the Earth and Its Cultural Processes | |
| Enki and Eridu: the Journey of the Water-god to Nippur | |
| Inanna and Enki: the Transfer of the Arts of Civilization from Eridu to Erech | |
| The Creation of Man | |
| III. | Myths of Kur |
| The Destruction of Kur: the Slaying of the Dragon | |
| Inanna's Descent to the Nether World | |
| IV. | Miscellaneous Myths |
| The Deluge | |
| The Marriage of Martu | |
| Inanna Prefers the Farmer | |
| V. | References and Notes |
| Supplementary Notes | |
| Index |