The Aesir-Vanir rift
Odin, Vili, and Ve had created the universe out of the remains of Ymir and had killed almost every living...
The Slavic myth of creation
In the beginning, there was no light, but only chaotic darkness. This darkness inhabited no lifeforms, except for Rod, the...
How the Norse gods created through destruction
The story of the creation of life in Norse mythology is a story of fire, ice, and darkness. That story...
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
Inanna, the most powerful goddess in the Mesopotamian pantheon, was preparing for a journey. It would not just be any...