LLT 321                                                Basic terms of Sumerian Mythology (for Quiz 1)
 
Be able to identify the following figures; give chief functions and family relations:

An = Anu (fem. Antum)

Anunnaki

Anzu (vs.Ninurta) [cf. Babylonian version]
Nammu
Ki, Ninhursag, Ninmah, Nintur  (etc.)
Enlil = Nunamnir
Ninlil
Enki = Ea  (Apsu  or Abzu)
Nanna = Sin
Nergal = Kur
Ningal
Ninurta = Ningirsu, Imdugud
Inanna =Ishtar, Baba  (Eanna)
Dumuzi, Amaushumgalanna, Damu

Geshtinanna
Emesh and Enten
Ereshkigal
 
Gobekli Tepe
 
Ninshubur
Ziusudra and Atrahasis
We-e
 Namtar 
Ishkur = Adad
Tilmun (or Dilmun)
Ninsar, Uttu 
and Ninti (= 'Lady of the Rib')
Utu
 
Be prepared to summarize key stories and themes:  (for ID or 'discussion' questions)
 
Dumuzi's Dream
Descent of Inanna 
Rape of Ninlil
Enki and Ninmah  (and other 'Makings of Man')
Enki and Ninhursag in Tilmun (=Dilmun)
'Eridu Genesis'
Adapa
Atrahasis
Explain Jacobsen's theory of evolving metaphors for the 'numinous' with examples (ch.1)
Explain Jacobsen's theory of the rise and reversed role of  'personal god' (ch.5)