| 38. – When he ascended to heaven, when he approached Anu’s gate, 39. – at Anu’s gate Dumuzi and Gizzida were standing. 40. – They saw Adapa and cried: “Help! 41. – You there, for whom are you changed this way? Adapa, 42. – for whom are you dressed in a mourning garment?” 43. – “From the land two gods are missing, and so I am dressed 44. – in a mourning garment.” “Who are the two gods that are missing from the land?” 45. – “Dumuzi and Gizzida.” They looked at each other and 46. – smiled. When Adapa approached the presence of King Anu, 47. – Anu saw him and cried: 48. – Come! Adapa, why did you break the wing 49. – of the South Wind?” Adapa answered Anu: “My lord! 50. – For my lord’s household I was catching fish 51. – in the middle of the sea. He cut the sea in half, 52. – the South Wind blew, and me – she drowned. 53. – I was plunged into the lord’s house. In the rage of my heart 54. – I cursed [he]r.” [Du]m[uzi] [and] Gizzida answered (standing) at his sides, 55. – they recited his good speech 56. – to Anu His heart calmed, he became silent. 57. – “Why did Ea expose to a human what is bad 58. – in heaven and earth? (Why did he) establish a ‘fat 59. – heart’ (in) him? He is the one who has done this; 60. – (and) we, what can we do (for) him? Bring him the food of life, 61. – that he may eat.” He was brought the [fo]od of life; 62. – he did not e[a]t. [H]e was brought the water of life; 63. – he did not dr[ink]. [He was br]ought a garment; 64. – he dressed. [He was br]ought oil; 65. – he anointed 66. – Anu looked at him; he laughed at him: 67. – “Come, Adapa, why did you not eat or drink? Hence 68. – you shall not live! Alas for inferior humanity!” Ea my lord 69. – told me: “Do not eat, do not dr[i]nk!’ 70. – “Take him and [retu]rn him to his earth.” - (Adapa and the South Wind) (115) It is apparent to scholars at least, that this myth represents an arid dryness of the desert and the need for fresh humid air, which Adapa somehow managed to stop, thus upsetting Anu, a sky deity. How this story plays into other stories, we will see. One point to take particular notice of, is how Adapa was offered the “food of life” and “water of life,” neither of which he consumed due to the warning from his maker Ea, the serpent. In the retelling of this myth, centuries later, the Hebrews would invert it and make the serpent offer the food of life to Eve, who in turn offers it to Adam, and God warned him to refuse it, but he ate of it instead and caused the downfall of man. When Adapa refused it, Anu, |
the creator in the heavens laughed at him for wasting his chance at “immortality” by refusing the drink and food. Also take notice that two gifts were offered and refused, water and food, and in the Old Testament story, it’s the Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge that sit in the Garden of Eden, of which Adam was warned not to partake. (116) Demigod Mushroom Hero Gilgamesh In early mythology, it important to note that visual representation often preceded the written form of the story. Seals depicting scenes of Gilgamesh appear about 1000 years before the earliest cuneiform tablets which record those same scenes by description. Oral and pictorial representations of Gilgamesh existed in 3000 BC, whereas the first written accounts did not appear until the 2nd millennium BC. (117) The name Gilgamesh derives from Izdubar or Gistubar, which means literally “mass of fire.” (118) The Babylonian name for the Epic of Gilgamesh is “He who saw everything” which means Gilgamesh was a “seer” or a visionary shaman. (119) Gilgamesh, like Hercules, goes through twelve journeys or challenges or missions, which correspond to the months in a year, but they both correspond to the solar calendar of twelve not the lunar calendar of thirteen, betraying their Patriarchal origin. Both Gilgamesh and Hercules wore lion skins when they went wandering. (120) Gilgamesh’s mom, Ninsun was a goddess whose name means “Lady of the Wild Cows.” Her parents are the deities Anu (the sky) and Uras (the earth). In the Tello relief at ancient Lagaš, dating to c. 2150 BC, her name is written in cuneiform Nin.Sumun. The meaning of sumun in Sumerian is “wild cow.” Some of her epithets were “the "August Cow,” the “Wild Cow of the Enclosure,” and “The Great Queen.” Ninsun was the Babylonian Gula. According to Pabilsag's Journey to Nibru, Ninsun was originally named Nininsina. According to the ancient Babylonian text, Nininsina wedded Pabilsag (a wild bull) near a riverbank and gave birth to Damu as a result of the union. Other sources give Gunura as Ninsun's husband and Damu's father. (121) Here we see the word “Nibru,” which is another possible source for Sitchen’s inspiration for the planet Nibiru. (115) Adapa and the South Wind, p. 17, 19, 21 (116) Adapa and the South Wind, p. 118 (117) Before the Bible, p. 50 (118) History of the Devil, p. 32-33; See Lenormant's Histoire Ancienne de l'Orient, V., p. 199 (119) Before the Bible, p. 61 (120) ibid, p. 71 (121) Before the Bible, p. 61; Jordan, Michael (1993). Encyclopedia of gods: over 2,500 deities of the world. Internet Archive. New York: Facts on File. p. 91; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninsun ; http://www.piney.com/BabPabNibru.html |