Akkadian
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Akkadian mythology, known from cuneiform tablets, adapts earlier Sumerian materials into imperial and scribal contexts. Key compositions include creation and flood narratives and royal hymns that articulate divine kingship and cosmic order.

Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian

Atrahasis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Adapa and the South Wind
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Nergal and Ereshkigal
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

The Birth Legend of Sargon
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

The Curse of Agade
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

The Myth of Etana
Anonymous • Mesopotamian