Sumerian


The Epic of Gilgamesh
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
Sumerian Mythology
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character
Snow Crash
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
The Reforms of Urukagina
A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
Gilgamesh (Sumerians, #2)
The Exaltation of Inanna
The Kesh Temple Hymn
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham HancockUriel's Machine by Christopher    KnightForbidden Archeology by Michael A. CremoAtlantis by Ignatius L. DonnellyFrom the Ashes of Angels by Andrew  Collins
Ancient Mysteries
145 books — 35 voters

Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth by Diane WolksteinMysteries of the Dark Moon by Demetra GeorgeDescent to the Goddess by Sylvia Brinton PereraHades And Persephone by Heidi HastingsThe Jigsaw Woman by Kim Antieau
Dark Goddess
13 books — 3 voters
The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousMyths from Mesopotamia by AnonymousGilgamesh the King by Robert SilverbergGilgamesh by Unknown .Gilgamesh by Michael       Schmidt
Gilgamesh
37 books — 4 voters

The Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Sorceress by Michael  ScottInanna by Emily H.  WilsonMyths from Mesopotamia by AnonymousGilgamesh the King by Robert Silverberg
Books Inspired by Gilgamesh
89 books — 12 voters
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart by EnheduannaPrincess, Priestess, Poet by EnheduannaThe Exaltation of Inanna by EnheduannaThe Poems Of Enheduanna by EnheduannaHumming the Blues by Cass Dalglish
Enheduanna/Enheduana
6 books — 1 voter

What we finally do, out of desperation ... is go on an impossible, or even forbidden, journey or pilgrimage, which from a rational point of view is futile: to find the one wise man, whomever or wherever he may be; and to find from him the secret of eternal life or the secret of adjusting to this life as best we can.
Herbert Mason, Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative

The image of the Serpent, because of its association with life, rejuvenation, fertility, and regeneration, was a symbol of immortality. The coiled Serpent with its tail in its mouth was a circle of infinitude indicating omnipotence and omniscience. The Serpent, depicted in several successive rings, represented cyclical evolution and reincarnation. In ancient philosophy or mythological systems, creation and wisdom were closely bound together, and the Serpent was a potent symbol of both. It is in ...more
Mary Condren, The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland

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