In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

In one story, a goddess was persuaded by a fox to sleep with this figure, and she subsequently fathered eight gods who could cure eight different body parts. This deity was sometimes known as the "Lord of semen," and in one story his semen caused seven different types of plants to sprout from the earth. This figure asked a sun god to make footprints in the ground so that he could fill them with water, giving life to a barren island called Dilmun. This figure saved humanity by warning Atrahasis of a coming flood and, in another story, the misfortunes of humans were a result of a contest between this figure and Ninhursag. This figure causes a confusion of tongues in a speech to Enmerkar, and he was sometimes represented as half-goat and half-fish. Commonly called the "Lord of Abzu," this figure ruled from the city of Eridu and in one story was seduced by the goddess Inanna. For 10 points, identify this Sumerian deity of knowledge, fertility, and water, who was later identified with the Babylonian Ea.
Social Science

Self-Perception Theory is an alternative explanation of the data behind this this that focuses on observable behavior rather than mental processes, and counter-attitudinal advocacy is a brainwashing technique based on this. When a person undergoes this, extrinsic justification is preferred to intrinsic justification. A famous 1959 experiment dealing with this concept demonstrated that people paid a trivial amount of money rated mundane tasks more interesting than their higher-paid counterparts did. First proposed in 1957 by Leon Festinger after observations of a doomsday cult, this is, for ten points, what condition that is caused when a person has two or more conflicting ideas
Social Science

This author wrote "the sword is conquered by the pike" in a poem whose first titular figure's children is told "your bowels howl with hunger like an old dog. " Another of his poems sees the title figure claim "You mounted on the ass and rode along, trampling the flowers and palms beneath your feet" and that poem begins by asking "What does God do with that huge storm of curses that rises daily to the Seraphim" That first poem addresses the separate races of the two titular (*) Biblical brothers, while that second one is called "The Denial of St. Peter," which appears alongside another poem by this author that describes "the depths of hell" where the titular prince of darkness "vanquished, dreamed in Silence. " For 10 points, name this author of the poem The Litanies of Satan which can be found in his Revolt section of the collection Les Fleurs du Mal.
Literature