Als sich Götter und Menschen miteinander unterhielten...
According to Sumerian mythology (the so-called "Spell of Nudimmud") originally men spoke to the god Enlil in one and the same language. Then, the god Enki "put different tongues in their mouths". Did this change affect the communication between gods and men, as well? In the ancie...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-236 |
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| Summary: | According to Sumerian mythology (the so-called "Spell of Nudimmud") originally men spoke to the god Enlil in one and the same language. Then, the god Enki "put different tongues in their mouths". Did this change affect the communication between gods and men, as well? In the ancient Mesopotamian literature, men and gods spoke to each other frequently: does this mean that they shared the same language? Some evidence seems to go against this hypothesis. It is not unlikely that at least at some time the Mesopotamians distinguished between an original writing, shared by both men and gods, and a later one, the cuneiform writing. This hypothesis could also account for what looks like an inconsistency in the Mesopotamian mythology, where writing is described both as a gift of the gods (Inanna and the MEs) and as a human invention (Enmerkara and the Lord of Aratta). |
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| ISSN: | 2196-9019 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Orients
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