It is a world full of spells and enchantment, and valiant heroes. It is a world where the Valkyries ride over battle fields to collect the dead warriors and bring them to the Great Hall of Valhalla where they would drink mead and wait to do battle along side their gods at Ragnorok. Indeed Norse mythology provides us with many exciting tales to tell by the fireside, just as the Norse did, on cold, dark nights. Perhaps the oldest of all mythologies is that of the Sumerians . Sumer or Sumeria was a collection of city-states in the Middle East of the ancient world around the Lower Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Sumerian civilization is believed to be the oldest and the first civilization in the world.
The Sumerians are also credited with the first written language, Cuneform. The Babylonians borrowed much from the Sumerians, from their written language to their religious beliefs. But most interestingly for us, they also borrowed their mythology. Some of the names may be different, but the tales, the personalities, and the beliefs are preserved. The Sumerian pantheon is made up of a host of gods and goddesses like, Enlil, Enki, An, and Ninhursag, who controlled the powerful forces in nature which often dictated the lives of humans on earth.