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Enki and Ninmah

A drinking contest between two creator-deities turns into the origin of human disability — the gods make humans, then make humans badly.

1 chapter
Tradition
Sumerian mythological poem on the creation of humankind from clay, and on suffering and disability as inherent to the divine craft.
Translation
ETCSL — J.A. Black, G. Cunningham, E. Robson, G. Zólyomi et al. (2003). Used by permission for educational and non-commercial purposes.
License
ETCSL translation. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary under ETCSL's non-commercial educational use clause.
Source
etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk

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