Mesopotamia

Eridu Genesis

Note: The Eridu Genesis is the oldest known Mesopotamian flood myth. It formed the inspiration for later flood stories like...

Atrahasis

Long before humans populated the earth, the world was inhabited only by the gods. They were divided into two distinct...

The quest for immortality (Gilgamesh epic part 2)

Our story begins where the last adventure of Gilgamesh and Enkidu left off. The two friends (and brothers through adoption)...

Enuma Elish

Note: On this website, we chose to tell the stories of the Mesopotamian pantheon from a Sumerian perspective. This is...

The killing of Humbaba (Gilgamesh epic part 1)

The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu is one of the oldest written stories of humankind, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia....

Enmerkar: the da Vinci of his time

The first major city that was built in Mesopotamia was Uruk, and it would soon prove the be a city...

Sisterly love

There is a goddess in the Mesopotamian pantheon who was crowned the Goddess of Heaven and Earth, given her vast...

The turtle and the demon bird

The gods of Mesopotamia were in a state of turmoil. A sense of panic had gripped the mighty pantheon, for...

Married with children

Before he created Adapa, Enki felt a strong desire to gain a son of his own. Instead of creating one...

Etana and the eagle

The story of Etana starts with a dispute between two members of the animal kingdom. The eagle and the snake...

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Brace yourself for an epic journey into the realms of ancient legends and sagas, where gods, heroes, and monsters collide in tales that will set your imagination ablaze. Welcome to Myths and Sagas, a portal to the primordial wellspring of human storytelling, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur into an intoxicating tapestry of myth and mystery.

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