{"product":{"product_id":"1883053765","title":"Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature","price":"50.0","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/510uMfgjsYL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1883053765"},"comments":[{"body":"You'll have to be more specific with your request.\r\n\r\nUnlike monotheistic religions which, in general, have collected all of their myths, legends, and historically-informed stories into a single source (the Tanakh, Holy Bible, or Quran), there are many different mythological stories written in the Sumerian language and they don't always agree with each other. As a result, there isn't a \"Bible\" in our religion and we don't treat the myths as literal events.\r\n\r\nSome of the more famous Sumerian myths are:\r\n\r\n* [Enki and Ninḫursaĝa](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.1.1#)\r\n* [Enki and Ninmaḫ: Creation of Humanity](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.1.2#)\r\n* [Enki and the World Order](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.1.3#)\r\n* [Enlil and Ninlil: Birth of the Moon-God](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.2.1#)\r\n* [Inana and Enki: Acquisition of the ME](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.3.1#)\r\n* [Inana's Descent to the Netherworld](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.4.1#)\r\n* [Ninurta's Deeds and Exploits](https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.6.2#)\r\n\r\nBeginning in the second millennium BCE, the Assyrians and Babylonians came to power in Mesopotamia. These two groups spoke a Semitic language called Akkadian and, like the Sumerians before them, they composed epical literature. As with Sumerian mythology though, these new stories also contradict each other at times, once again forcing us to approach them as literary rather than literal accounts.\r\n\r\nSome of the more famous Akkadian myths are:\r\n\r\n* The Epic of Atramḫasīs\r\n* The Epic of Adapa and the South Wind\r\n* The Epic of Creation: enūma eliš\r\n* The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh\r\n* The Standard Babylonian Epic of Anzû\r\n* The Song of Erra\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, translations of the Akkadian epics aren't as readily available for free online as the Sumerian ones. If you're interested in reading them I would recommend Benjamin R. Foster's book: [Before the Muses](https://www.amazon.com/Before-Muses-Anthology-Akkadian-Literature/dp/1883053765), which, while expensive, contains translations of all of them, as well as dozens of other texts written in the Akkadian language.","subreddit_name":"Sumer","author":"Nocodeyv"}]}