The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who lived in southern Babylonia from 4000-3000 B.C.E. They invented cunieform writing, and their spiritual beliefs influenced all successive Near Eastern religions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They produced an extensive body of literature, among the oldest in the world. Samuel Noah Kramer spent most of his life studying this literature, by piecing together clay tablets in far-flung museums. This work gives translations or summaries of the most important Sumerian myths. This book is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely digitally revised and optimized for Kindle, including an interactive table-of-contents. Contents:PREFACENOTE TO THE REVISED EDITIONINTRODUCTIONTHE SOURCES: THE SUMERIAN LITERARY TABLETS DATING FROM APPROXIMATELY 2000 B. C.CHAPTER I THE SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGYCHAPTER II MYTHS OF ORIGINS 1THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSETHE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSEENLIL AND NINLIL: THE BEGETTING OF NANNATHE JOURNEY OF NANNA TO NIPPUREMESH AND ENTEN: ENLIL CHOOSES THE FARMER-GODTHE CREATION OF THE PICKAXCATTLE AND GRAINENKI AND NINHURSAG: THE AFFAIRS OF THE WATER-GODENKI AND SUMER: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EARTH AND ITS CULTURAL PROCESSESENKI AND ERIDU: THE JOURNEY OF THE WATER--GOD TO NIPPURINANNA AND ENKI: THE TRANSFER OF THE ARTS OF CIVILIZATION FROM ERIDU TO ERECHTHE CREATION OF MANCHAPTER III MYTHS OF KURTHE DESTRUCTION OF KUR: THE SLAYING OF THE DRAGONINANNA'S DESCENT TO THE NETHER WORLDCHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS MYTHSTHE DELUGETHE MARRIAGE OF MARTUINANNA PREFERS THE FARMER