The Tablet of Destinies
'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more irksome . . . I remember days of desperation.'A long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a quadrangular boat to house humans and animals, and saved these living creatures from the Flood.Rather than punish Utnapishtim for his disobedience, Enlil, King of the gods, granted the mortal eternal life and banished him to the isla…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-199846-6
- EAN: 9780141998466
- Produktnummer: 37146045
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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Roberto Calasso
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