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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.76 — 121,448 ratings — published -1800
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,825 ratings — published 1989
Sumerian Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.91 — 672 ratings — published 1944
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,012 ratings — published 1963
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.01 — 300,702 ratings — published 1992
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,782 ratings — published 1983
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,539 ratings — published 2023
The Reforms of Urukagina (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.33 — 21 ratings — published -2400
A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.56 — 25 ratings — published 2000
The Literature of Ancient Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.17 — 75 ratings — published 2004
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.23 — 404 ratings — published -2270
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,037 ratings — published 1956
Gilgamesh (Sumerians, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.31 — 842 ratings — published 2024
The Exaltation of Inanna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.82 — 290 ratings — published -2250
The Kesh Temple Hymn (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 2.97 — 75 ratings — published -2600
Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian: An Introduction for Complete Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.57 — 28 ratings — published
The Code of Hammurabi (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,380 ratings — published -1780
Cuneiform (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.27 — 395 ratings — published 2015
The Sumerian Language: An Introduction to Its History and Grammatical Structure (Mesopotamia: Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology, 10)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published
Sumerian Loanwords in Old Babylonian Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies, 22)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
A Sumerian Reader (Studia Pohl (Series Major))
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.09 — 11 ratings — published 1999
The legend of Etana (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.48 — 23 ratings — published -1900
Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,791 ratings — published -1800
The Harps that Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 4.25 — 105 ratings — published 1987
Sumerian Grammar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.83 — 23 ratings — published 2003
The Sumerians (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.78 — 176 ratings — published 1928
The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sumerian)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,984 ratings — published 1976
Cosmogony, Theogony and Anthropogeny in Sumerian Texts (Alter Orient Und Altes Testament, 409) (English and Sumerian Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
Sumerian Gods of Nibiru (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Anunnaki of Nibiru: Solar System Secrets Hidden in Sumerian Myths (Anunnaki Odyssey)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.22 — 54 ratings — published 2012
The Image of the Netherworld in the Sumerian Sources (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.75 — 8 ratings — published 2003
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.82 — 424 ratings — published
Babylonian and Assyrian Religion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.68 — 19 ratings — published 1962
Healing Magic and Evil Demons: Canonical Udug-hul Incantations (Die Babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen, 8)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2015
Мій Близький і Далекий Схід (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published
Sara Lone: 1. Pinky Princess (French Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.47 — 112 ratings — published 2013
Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.79 — 839 ratings — published 2016
Introduction to Sumerian Grammar (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.10 — 10 ratings — published 1990
Until My Knuckles Bleed Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.46 — 24 ratings — published 2022
Heavy Metal Drummer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.81 — 27 ratings — published
Hierarchy of the Universe: A Message from the Anunnaki (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published
Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.72 — 906 ratings — published 2014
The Atlantean Necronomicon: Veils Of Negative Existence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.36 — 11 ratings — published 2013
Sumerian Mythology: Captivating Myths of Gods, Goddesses, and Legendary Creatures of Ancient Sumer and Their Importance to the Sumerians (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.81 — 108 ratings — published
City of the Plague God (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,728 ratings — published 2021
Children's Book of Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.21 — 57 ratings — published 2011
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Sumerian Slave!: A Life of Hard Labor You'd Rather Avoid (Library Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 3.91 — 137 ratings — published 2007
The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sumerian)
avg rating 4.06 — 143 ratings — published 1994
“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.”
― Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative
― 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 this capacity that the Serpent appears in the Babylonian and Sumerian mythologies, which contain elements akin to the Genesis story. The Serpent has the power to bestow immortality but also has the power to cheat humankind. In many of the ancient Near Eastern stories—for instance, the Gilgamesh Epic and myth of Adapa—the Serpent holds out the promise of immortality but then cheats man at the last minute.”
― The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland
― The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland













