Mesopotamian Mythology: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

* [[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:

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Though moody and demanding, most of the gods of the Netherworld weren't really ''evil'', per se.

* [[Death by Sex]]: Happens to all of Inanna's lovers eventually. This is why [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]] turns her down.