Mesopotamian
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Mesopotamian mythology, preserved in Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform, explores creation, kingship, and the bounds of mortality. Temple liturgy, epics, and scholarly texts integrate myth with civic and ritual life.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Sumerian King List
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Adapa and the South Wind
Anonymous
1400-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous
2000-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Hymns to Inanna
Various
2300-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Nergal and Ereshkigal
Anonymous
1400-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Birth Legend of Sargon
Anonymous
700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Enki and Ninhursag
Anonymous
2000-1500 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Enmerkar and Ensuhgirana
Anonymous
2100-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk
800-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Inanna and Ebih
Enheduanna
2300 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Inanna and the Huluppu-Tree
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Instructions of Shuruppak
Anonymous
2600-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird
Anonymous
2000-1500 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Curse of Agade
Anonymous
2000-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Myth of Etana
Anonymous
1800-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Debate Between Sheep and Grain
Anonymous
2000-1500 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian