EnKi and NinTu: The Creation of Man

22. 01. 2018
6th international conference of exopolitics, history and spirituality

The electronic transcription of the story from Sumerian literature is deposited at Oxford University. Our goal is to make available through the website more than 400 literary works written in the Sumerian language in ancient Mesopotamia during the late third and early millennium BC

In the days when the earth was created, and in those nights when the heavens and the earth were created, and in those years when destinies were determined when the gods of Anun were born when the goddesses married when the goddesses divided the spheres of heaven the earth when the goddess ... .. became pregnant and gave birth when the gods had to ... ... for their food ...... the elder gods oversaw the work while the younger gods worked hard. The gods kicked the canals and gathered the mud in Haral. Gods digging clay began to complain about this life.

Sumerian text (illustration)

At that time, one very wise god, the creator of all the oldest gods, Enki, was lying on his bed, not awakening from sleep, in a deep trance, in running water, in a place inside that no other god knows. The gods said weeping, "He is the cause of our lamentation!" Namma, the prehistoric mother who gave birth to the older gods, took the tears of the gods for the one who lay and slept so that he would not wake up, and said to her son, up? The gods, your creatures, are so fantastic…. My son, wake up and get out of bed! Use your skill from your wisdom to create a substitute for the gods so that the gods can be freed from their toil! ”

At his mother's name, Namma, Enki got out of bed. In Hal-an-kug, his meditation room, he slapped his thigh angrily. I, the wise and intelligent, the careful… .. a skilled designer of everything that revived the goddess of birth (?). Enki reached out and turned his attention to them. And then Enki, the design designer himself, thought about it and told his mother Namma, "My mother, such a creature will really have to arise. Save him to wear the baskets. You should knead the clay from the top of Abzu; (You) goddess of birth, you bite a piece of clay and make it the shape of a being. Let Ninmah act as your assistant and Ninimma, Cu-zi-ana, Ninmada, Ninbarag, Ninmug,… .. and Ninguna watch as you give birth. My mother will then decide his fate, let Ninmah give him the job of carrying the baskets. 'Furthermore, 6 is a ruptured line)

Enki …… brought joy to their hearts. He prepared a feast for his mother Namma and for Ninmah. All the wonderful goddesses of birth (?) Jed .. ate fine cane (?) And bread. An, Enlil and the noble Nudimmud baked the holy children. All the older gods praised him, "O god of wide understanding, who is as wise as you, Enki, great lord, who can match you in his actions? As a physical father, you are the one to decide my destiny, in fact, you are my Self. ”

Enki and Ninmah drank beer, their hearts were in a high mood, and then Ninmah said to Enki:

"The male body can be either good or bad, and if fate is favorable or unfavorable, it will depend on my will."

Enki replied to Ninmah, "I will be the counterpart of every destiny, good or bad, it will happen at my discretion." Ninmah took a handful of clay from the top of Abzu. (Abzu = Underground World.) in the hand and made him the first person who could not bend his outstretched hand. Enki looked at the man, who could not bend his outstretched weak hand, and determined his fate; he will be like a royal servant.

The other guy she made turned his eyes from (?) lights, because his eyes were constantly open (?). Enki looked at him as he turned away from (?) The light and kept his eyes open (?), So he determined the fate of the musician, his chief… .. in the king's presence.

As the third, she made a man with both legs broken and one with a paralyzed leg. Enki looked at the one with both broken legs and the one with the paralyzed leg, and… .. assigned them the job of …… silversmith and ……. (She made another who was born an idiot. Enki looked at him and said, "I order his fate to be born an idiot and appoint him as the king's servant."

As a fourth, she made a man who could not hold the urine. Enki looked at the one who couldn't hold his urine and bathed him in the magic water and banished the undead demon from his body.

She was the fifth to create a woman who could not bear. Enki looked at the woman who could not give birth and determined her fate: Will you (?) Secure the queen's household. (or… as a weaver who will belong to the queen of the household.)

She was the sixth man without a penis or without a vagina in her body. Enki looked at him and passed on the name "Nibru eunuch (?)" And assigned him or her destiny to stand before the king.

Ninmah tossed the crumpled clay from his hand to the ground and silenced. Big Enki said, Ninmah: "I have declared the fate of your creatures, and you will give them their daily bread. Now I will create someone for you, and his destiny will be like the fate of a newborn. "

Enki created a being with his head in the center of his mouth and said to Ninmah, “Let us pour semen into a woman's womb, and a woman will bear fruit from her womb."Ninmah stood by the first-born… and the woman gave birth… .. in… .. (?), It was Umul: his head was injured, instead of…. was infected., his eyes were affected, his neck was affected. He could not breathe, his ribs wobbled, his lungs were affected, his heart was damaged, his intestines were damaged. He could not put bread in his mouth with his hands and his dangling head, his spine and head dislocated. His weak hips and shaky legs couldn't carry him. Enki made it like this.

Enki told Ninmah, “I have determined destiny for your animals and given them their daily bread. Now you should pass judgment and determine the fate of my creature, give him his daily bread.

"Ninmah looked at Umul and turned to him. She walked closer to Umul and asked him questions, but he couldn't speak. She offered him bread, but he couldn't reach it. He could not lie on ……., He could not… He could not sit while standing, he could not lie down, he could not dům .. house., He could not eat bread. Ninmah replied to Enki, "The man you made him is neither alive nor dead, he cannot even bear himself (?)."

Enki answer Ninmah: "I decided the fate of the first man with weak hands, I gave him bread. I decided the fate of the man who was turning back (?) From the light, I gave him bread. I decided the fate of a man with handicapped, paralyzed legs, I gave him bread. I decided the fate of a man who could not hold urine, and I gave him bread. I decided the fate of a woman who could not give birth and gave her bread. I decided the fate of the one who had neither the penis nor the vagina of his body, I gave him bread. My sister……. “(2 more lines are truncated)

Ninmah replied to Enki :(9 fragments of fragments)

(Ninmah's answer continues) "You have (?) Entered." Look, you will not dwell in heaven or on earth, so do not go out to look at a landscape where you will not live, but where my house stands, your words cannot be heard. Where you do not live, but where my city stands, I am silent (?). My city is destroyed, my house is destroyed, my child has been captured. I am a refugee who had to leave E-kur, and I myself could not escape from your hand. "

Enki replied to Ninmah, "Who could change the words that have left your mouth? He took Umul from her lap…. Ninmah, it could be your job ……,… .. it's imperfect for me. Who can oppose (?). The man I created… after you …… let him pray! Today my cock will be praised, your wisdom is confirmed (?)! Let Enkum and Ninkum …… proclaim your glory… My sister, heroic power… song…. font (?) ……. The gods who heard it… .. let Umul build (?) My house “.”

Ninmah could not compete with the great Enki. Father Enki, your praise is sweet!

This is the first edition of the Sumerian text snippet. The more detailed and second edition is at http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk.

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