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* [[Copy Cat Sue|Copy Cat Stu]]: In the lost Sumerian version of Enuma Elish, Enlil was probably responsible for vanquishing Nammu/Tiamat. In the Babylonian version, this honor was given to Marduk. |
* [[Copy Cat Sue|Copy Cat Stu]]: In the lost Sumerian version of Enuma Elish, Enlil was probably responsible for vanquishing Nammu/Tiamat. In the Babylonian version, this honor was given to Marduk. |
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* [[Crapsack World]]: Humans were created to be slaves to the gods and when they died, they all went to the same gloomy underworld. Any wonder why their scribes wrote stuff like this: |
* [[Crapsack World]]: Humans were created to be slaves to the gods and when they died, they all went to the same gloomy underworld. Any wonder why their scribes wrote stuff like this: |
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{{quote|"Tears, lament, anguish, and depression are within me. Suffering overwhelms me. Evil fate holds me and carries off my life. Malignant sickness bathes me."}} |
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Though moody and demanding, most of the gods of the Netherworld weren't really ''evil'', per se. |
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Though moody and demanding, most of the gods of the Netherworld weren't really ''evil'', per se. |
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* [[Death by Sex]]: Happens to all of Inanna's lovers eventually. This is why [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]] turns her down. |
* [[Death by Sex]]: Happens to all of Inanna's lovers eventually. This is why [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]] turns her down. |
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