CREATION

Belit-ili the womb-goddess is present,
Let the womb-goddess create offspring,
And let man bear the load of the gods!
The womb-goddesses were assembled
He [Enki] trod the clay in her presence;
She kept reciting an incantation,
For Enki, staying in her presence, made her recite it.
When she had finished her incantation,
She pinched off fourteen pieces of clay,
And set seven pieces on the right,
Seven on the left.
Between them she put down a mud brick.
When the tenth month came,
She slipped in a staff and opened the womb

There came a notion to an empty thing,
That must be or perish in the attempt.
It exploded, killing itself so to bring,
That which is or passes for the attempt.

Then all that was to be came.
Wondering if death can pass,
If it alone might be exempt
from the lonely sad explosion
and dooming glory
that was
the
attempt.

Originally posted by StarValleyWy
There came a notion to an empty thing,
That must be or perish in the attempt.
It exploded, killing itself so to bring,
That which is or passes for the attempt.

Then all that was to be came.
Wondering if death can pass,
If it alone might be exempt
from the lonely sad explosion
and dooming glory
that was
the
attempt.

Originally posted by frogstomp
the stars were born
and space was bent
nothing was gone
wonder where it went

Originally posted by StarValleyWy
Wrapped 'round itself at first,
It burst

Upon the heavens that were want
of name.

Heavens without an Eye to see?

God without glory?

We'll see. Won't we?

Originally posted by frogstomp
the gods have made a knowlege tree
Do not eat , just be good
eat the fruit, learn perfidity
make hellfire with the wood

Originally posted by StarValleyWy
and eat the food of the wood.
That will obey the word of the dark
unknown forest.

Then in light rejoice. In killing
the simple animal you give life,
to your child in the dark, wrapped
in bark of tree to the future.

Good.Food ...[text shortened]...

If they can then gather... they will
then see. As you and me.

Originally posted by frogstomp
we hunt we gather yes we do
you killed a deer, I killed a shrew
we built a wall, we did that too
The mighty hunters of Eridu

Originally posted by StarValleyWy
And time passed from mighty Eridu to
a small village in Ur. The king be known
As a great being who gives mercy and death
from his thrown.

And gather we to see a small crop.
A village thing that warrants food.
And we see small benefiit from wander.
A thing that we will garner. Food. Crop. Good.

Originally posted by frogstomp
we grew corn for us to eat
we tamed the oz but not for meat
to till and plow our farm complete
we got some slaves for us to beat

we made pottery, baked clay
and made some marks as the way
to show who made the pot today
and what we wanted them to pay