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  • Angim Dimma — Ninurta's Triumphal ReturnThe companion to Lugale — Ninurta loads his chariot with the monsters he has slain, marches to Nippur, catalogs his weapons before Enlil, and enters his own temple to speak privately to his spouse.
  • Enki and NinhursagThe Sumerian paradise myth — Enki and Ninhursag in the garden of Dilmun, where there is no death, no aging, no sorrow. Good Works Translation from Sumerian.
  • Enki and NinmahThe Sumerian creation myth of humanity's origin — the primordial contest between Enki and Ninmah over the bodies of imperfect humans, and the helpless Umul who has no place.
  • Enki and the World OrderThe great Sumerian myth of cosmic administration — how Enki, lord of the Abzu, organized heaven and earth, assigned divine powers to every realm, and appointed gods to oversee them.
  • Lugale — Ninurta's ExploitsThe great Sumerian myth of war and order — Ninurta's battle against the demon Asag, the transformation of the mountains, and the fates decreed for every stone.
  • The Marduk ProphecyThe god Marduk speaks in his own voice — three exiles, three catastrophes, one prophesied return. A pseudo-autobiographical prophecy from Ashurbanipal's library, composed c. 713-612 BCE.