Sumerian MythologySumerian Mythology Revised Edition Samuel Noah Kramer "A real addition to the body of world mythology."--American Anthropologist "No people has contributed more to the culture of mankind than the Sumerians, and yet it has been only in recent years that our knowledge of them has become at all accurate or extensive. This book is] our first authoritative sketch of the great myths of the Sumerians, their myths of origins, of creation, the nether world, and the deluge. The book . . . makes entrancing reading and for the general reader it opens up a whole new vista undreamed of before."--Theophile J. Meek Samuel Noah Kramer was Clark Research Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also Curator Emeritus of the Tablet Collections. 1998 - 184 pages - 5 1/4 x 8 - 23 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1047-7 - Paper - $14.95s - 10.00 World Rights - History |
Contents
The Sumerian Literary Tablets | 1 |
The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology | 26 |
The Organization of the Universe | 41 |
the Slaying of the Dragon | 76 |
Miscellaneous Myths | 97 |
References and Notes | 104 |
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Abzu Accadian air-god Enlil Ancient Orient Anunnaki Ashnan Babylonian Chiera contents copied creation cuneiform decipherment deity Dilmun Dumuzi Emesh Enki Enkidu Enlil Enmerkar Enten Erech Ereshkigal Eridu excavated farmer father Enlil gate gatekeeper gave birth Gilgamesh goddess gods grain heaven and earth heaven-god hymns Inanna Inanna's Descent inscribed inscriptions Isimud Istanbul JAOS king Lahar land Langdon language lapis lazuli Let not thy lines lord Martu material merian messenger mountain myth nether world Ninhursag Ninlil Ninmah Ninshubur Nintu Ninurta Nippur Nippur collection open the house passage Philadelphia pickax pieces PLATE Poebel poem primeval sea published pure Inanna queen reconstructed represents the word scribes script Semitic sketch story Sumer Sumerian language Sumerian literary compositions Sumerian literary tablets Sumerian literature Sumerian Mythology Sumerian word sun-god Utu tablets and fragments third millennium B. C. thou translation transliteration University Museum Uttu water-god Enki world she descended