Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07
Moan Breaks ire Corsnand OF
the Goddess and Efgr Fails

The mount OF Dmun stood In the Land of Dill
nun INHABITED by men before the food. Here abso.
lutte peace prevailed Even the wild animals reraiued
from njurins the hocks. Birds OF prey lowered not
over their quarry Men lived siness free from dis
ease and knew not old age
"Thue Dimun Is only the abode OF the gods In the
iahd OF Sumerians, precisely as the Older Hebrew
source speaks Of the Garden of Eden We have here
we sisetsh of country which paradise.
6o5a and pious rulers OF the siniess age"
~ ne tablet then goes on TO describe the flood
Inc Coo i2nki complains to the Mother Goddess Min.
harsag that man has neglected him. lie tells her he ia
about 10 destroy The world By deluge.
The statement writes Dr.. Langdon "permits of
the proper respect unto his God Enk The probem NJ
e origin OF this dsrespect s propounded and an
account Tor ethical weakness is undertaken, The
theo!os!ans did not regard from sinessness o.
the greatest calamity which overlook mankind In
tneir minds the subsequent loss longevity and per
rect health constituted the real fall Of man. and the
explanation OF this does not Until after the food
Consequently find here no attempt to attribute tho
cuiMhisi,y either to the jealousy god or to tho
fraiiity Of human will
.Enki. the God, thus wildly describes how man,
1dshioncG from clay by the creatrcss will dissolve uk
faloT IN the delusc. But Ninharsas assemblies certain
pons enosnted ones on the shore OF river ana IL
rightly understand difficult iiao she Goes this with
the OF Enki. Blu. only Ninharsag actively in
sinnej ~ NV
Her herald the divine anointea ones called
The sons Of who were pious she has not wrotb
against
Ny King who was filled with fear,
his foot alone upon the boat
Two hnmo'cs as watchnen ne placed guard.
OothlR nc cna!Ecd the shin; torchca he Iohted
isaki devastated the fields
ne heids received the waters OF Enlx"
Here follows again the description OF the Flood
precisely as it was described In the threat Of Enkt
mere rs no clear statement about the escape of the
pous along with the king that these entared
the ship also Here tho tablet repeats again the whole
STORY OF now NiAnarsag rescued the king After the
hiooi the Mother Goddess speaks the king who "A
no" designated oy the T10tug and digniHed hy
ehe 0eteFul:iat!Ve OF e. god
There is break OF seven teen lines and
theE Tagtug, or Noah. end his hslpers are tandnc.
q s"fuer. They build temple for Enk and irrieats
tae Hatren and The primeva paradise has heen lost
the Garth has become barren, and consequently rsn
must toll The Flood he's taken place as Enki has
threatened Apparently wellknown stages OF its ria.
ing enduring ana IecedjnS given in an elaborate
series az dates.
We now TO the real Fall OF Man according
20 The doctrines of Nippur When the tablet becomes
cgta'e again 1t gives list OF plants whose nanes mrs
pfokon away. that grew in the garden. The mother
GODDESS Ninhersas summons by her herald the pious
WHO mad escaped the deuge and gives list OF the
Glasses OF plants that may be eaten.
instructions thus given concerning seven
ciassoa of plants In ell. Now the phraseology
changaa The commandments OF the goddess cease;
hence we infer that forbidden to eat of those
plants, Or that plant which she had not mentioned In
these classes for the plants are not mentioned
by SPECIFIC names far these lines are leetble but
by classes However after the permission to pluck and
eat from these classes, we come upon this
passage;
"'(My king) the cassla plant approached
lie plucked, he ate
80 the plant, it's fate she had detarm,ned.
therein she came upon it.
''Ninhnrsag IN the name OF Enii uttered curse
Tho face of life until he dies not shall he ses"
THE Anunaki in the dust sat down ito wesp)
"'Angrly unto EMIL she spoke.
i. Ninharsag, begat thee children and what Isl
reward?''" N A~' 'N