--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "attilacat" <attilacat@... wrote:
I found this on the Net. Thought I would share it!
http://college.cengage.com/history/west ... ce118.html
Hail Father Enki! Hail Lord Enlil! Hail the True Gods!
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "lmck41" <lmck41@... wrote:
you have to log in. Why don't you copy and paste the article along with the link?
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "attilacat" <attilacat@ wrote:
I found this on the Net. Thought I would share it!
http://college.cengage.com/history/west ... ce118.html
Hail Father Enki! Hail Lord Enlil! Hail the True Gods!
On 6/17/10, attilacat <attilacat@... wrote:
Sorry about that, I should have checked. =p
A Hymn to the Sky-God Enlil, ca. 2000 B.C.
From Hymn to Enlil, the All-Beneficent. As reproduced in The Ancient Near
East. Supplementary Texts and Pictures Relating to the Old Testament, trans.
S. N. Kramer, ed. James B. Pritchard (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press, 1969), 573-574.
Enlil whose command is far-reaching, lofty his word (and) holy,
Whose pronouncement is unchangeable, who decrees destinies unto the distant
future,
Whose lifted eye scans the land,
Whose lifted beam searches the heart of all the land--
When Father Enlil seats himself broadly on the holy dais, on the lofty dais,
When Numamnir1 carries out to supreme perfection lordship and kingship,
The earth-gods bow down willingly before him,
The Anunna2 humble themselves before him,
Stand by faithfully in accordance with (their) instructions.
The great (and) mighty lord, supreme in heaven (and) earth, the all-knowing
one
who understands the judgment,
Has set up (his) seat in Duranki3--the wise one,
Made preeminent in princeship the kiur, the "great place,"
In Nippur the lofty bellwether of the universe he erected (his) dwelling.
The city--its "face" is awesome fear (and) dread,
Its outside no mighty god can approach,
Its inside is (full of) cries of mutilation, cries of bloodshed,
It is a trap that serves as a pit and net against the rebellious land,
It grants not long days to the braggart,
Allows no evil word to be uttered against (the divine) judgment.
Hypocrisy, distortion,
Abuse, malice, unseemliness,
Insolence, enmity, oppression,
Envy, (brute) force, libelous speech,
Arrogance, violation of agreement, breach of contract, abuse of (a court)
verdict,
(All these) evils the city does not tolerate.
Nippur, whose "arm" is a vast net,
Whose "heart" is the fast-stepping hurin-bird,4
Whose "hand" the wicked and evil cannot escape;
The city endowed with truth,
Where righteousness (and) justice are perpetuated,
Where clean garments are worn (even) at the quay,
Where the older brother honors the younger brother, acts humanely (towards
him),
Where the word of the elders is heeded, where it is repeated in fear,
Where the son humbly fears his mother, where eldership endures--,
In the city, the holy seat of Enlil,
...
Enlil, when you marked off holy settlements on earth,
You built Nippur as your very own city,
The kiur, the mountain, your pure place, whose water is sweet,
You founded in the Duranki, in the center of the four corners (of the
universe),
Its ground, the life of the land, the life of all the lands,
Its brickwork of red metal, its foundations of lapis-lazuli,
You have reared it up in Sumer like a wild ox,
All lands bow the head to it,
During its great festivals, the people spend (all) their time in
bountifulness.
...
Enlil, the shepherd5 upon whom you gaze (favorably),
The legitimate one, whom you have raised over the land--
The foreign land at his hand, the foreign land at his foot,
(As well as) the most distant of foreign lands you make subservient to him,
Like refreshing water, overflowing goods from all over,
Their offerings and heavy tribute,
They brought into the storehouse,
Into the main courtyard they conducted (their) gifts,
Into the Ekur, the "lapis-lazuli" house they brought them in homage.
1An epithet applied to Enlil.
2The pantheon of Sumerian gods.
3Literally the "bond of heaven and earth," Dumanki meant the temple complex
at Nippur. The kiur referred to in the following line was part of this
complex.
4An eagle-like mythological bird.
5The king of Sumer.
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "lmck41" <lmck41@... wrote:
you have to log in. Why don't you copy and paste the article along with
the link?
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "attilacat" <attilacat@ wrote:
I found this on the Net. Thought I would share it!
http://college.cengage.com/history/west ... ce118.html
Hail Father Enki! Hail Lord Enlil! Hail the True Gods!
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], Allison P <apocalypseofjon@... wrote:
Cool! Speaking of Lord Enlil, I wrote him a poem
the other day. Here it is:
Wind Lord
I am the Lord of All That Flies, sire of storms.
I am the breath of worlds.
At my command, thunder shatters soft airs.
I stir the wind that blows from the mouth of Hell and churns the River Styx.
Rise, O winds, and send my righteous wroth!
Ravage the souls of my enemies and turn their dreams to dust!
The wreckage of their filth shall be washed away by my brother, and a
new sun will rise.
On 6/17/10, attilacat <attilacat@... wrote:
Sorry about that, I should have checked. =p
A Hymn to the Sky-God Enlil, ca. 2000 B.C.
From Hymn to Enlil, the All-Beneficent. As reproduced in The Ancient Near
East. Supplementary Texts and Pictures Relating to the Old Testament, trans.
S. N. Kramer, ed. James B. Pritchard (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press, 1969), 573-574.
Enlil whose command is far-reaching, lofty his word (and) holy,
Whose pronouncement is unchangeable, who decrees destinies unto the distant
future,
Whose lifted eye scans the land,
Whose lifted beam searches the heart of all the land--
When Father Enlil seats himself broadly on the holy dais, on the lofty dais,
When Numamnir1 carries out to supreme perfection lordship and kingship,
The earth-gods bow down willingly before him,
The Anunna2 humble themselves before him,
Stand by faithfully in accordance with (their) instructions.
The great (and) mighty lord, supreme in heaven (and) earth, the all-knowing
one
who understands the judgment,
Has set up (his) seat in Duranki3--the wise one,
Made preeminent in princeship the kiur, the "great place,"
In Nippur the lofty bellwether of the universe he erected (his) dwelling.
The city--its "face" is awesome fear (and) dread,
Its outside no mighty god can approach,
Its inside is (full of) cries of mutilation, cries of bloodshed,
It is a trap that serves as a pit and net against the rebellious land,
It grants not long days to the braggart,
Allows no evil word to be uttered against (the divine) judgment.
Hypocrisy, distortion,
Abuse, malice, unseemliness,
Insolence, enmity, oppression,
Envy, (brute) force, libelous speech,
Arrogance, violation of agreement, breach of contract, abuse of (a court)
verdict,
(All these) evils the city does not tolerate.
Nippur, whose "arm" is a vast net,
Whose "heart" is the fast-stepping hurin-bird,4
Whose "hand" the wicked and evil cannot escape;
The city endowed with truth,
Where righteousness (and) justice are perpetuated,
Where clean garments are worn (even) at the quay,
Where the older brother honors the younger brother, acts humanely (towards
him),
Where the word of the elders is heeded, where it is repeated in fear,
Where the son humbly fears his mother, where eldership endures--,
In the city, the holy seat of Enlil,
...
Enlil, when you marked off holy settlements on earth,
You built Nippur as your very own city,
The kiur, the mountain, your pure place, whose water is sweet,
You founded in the Duranki, in the center of the four corners (of the
universe),
Its ground, the life of the land, the life of all the lands,
Its brickwork of red metal, its foundations of lapis-lazuli,
You have reared it up in Sumer like a wild ox,
All lands bow the head to it,
During its great festivals, the people spend (all) their time in
bountifulness.
...
Enlil, the shepherd5 upon whom you gaze (favorably),
The legitimate one, whom you have raised over the land--
The foreign land at his hand, the foreign land at his foot,
(As well as) the most distant of foreign lands you make subservient to him,
Like refreshing water, overflowing goods from all over,
Their offerings and heavy tribute,
They brought into the storehouse,
Into the main courtyard they conducted (their) gifts,
Into the Ekur, the "lapis-lazuli" house they brought them in homage.
1An epithet applied to Enlil.
2The pantheon of Sumerian gods.
3Literally the "bond of heaven and earth," Dumanki meant the temple complex
at Nippur. The kiur referred to in the following line was part of this
complex.
4An eagle-like mythological bird.
5The king of Sumer.
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "lmck41" <lmck41@ wrote:
you have to log in. Why don't you copy and paste the article along with
the link?
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "attilacat" <attilacat@ wrote:
I found this on the Net. Thought I would share it!
http://college.cengage.com/history/west ... ce118.html
Hail Father Enki! Hail Lord Enlil! Hail the True Gods!
On 6/18/10, petiteessence <petiteessence@... wrote:
That is beautiful. You really have a gift, please share more poems with us
when you can!
Hail Father Enki! Hail Lord Enlil! Hail the True Gods!
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], Allison P <apocalypseofjon@... wrote:
Cool! Speaking of Lord Enlil, I wrote him a poem
the other day. Here it is:
Wind Lord
I am the Lord of All That Flies, sire of storms.
I am the breath of worlds.
At my command, thunder shatters soft airs.
I stir the wind that blows from the mouth of Hell and churns the River
Styx.
Rise, O winds, and send my righteous wroth!
Ravage the souls of my enemies and turn their dreams to dust!
The wreckage of their filth shall be washed away by my brother, and a
new sun will rise.
On 6/17/10, attilacat <attilacat@... wrote:
Sorry about that, I should have checked. =p
A Hymn to the Sky-God Enlil, ca. 2000 B.C.
From Hymn to Enlil, the All-Beneficent. As reproduced in The Ancient
Near
East. Supplementary Texts and Pictures Relating to the Old Testament,
trans.
S. N. Kramer, ed. James B. Pritchard (Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University
Press, 1969), 573-574.
Enlil whose command is far-reaching, lofty his word (and) holy,
Whose pronouncement is unchangeable, who decrees destinies unto the
distant
future,
Whose lifted eye scans the land,
Whose lifted beam searches the heart of all the land--
When Father Enlil seats himself broadly on the holy dais, on the lofty
dais,
When Numamnir1 carries out to supreme perfection lordship and kingship,
The earth-gods bow down willingly before him,
The Anunna2 humble themselves before him,
Stand by faithfully in accordance with (their) instructions.
The great (and) mighty lord, supreme in heaven (and) earth, the
all-knowing
one
who understands the judgment,
Has set up (his) seat in Duranki3--the wise one,
Made preeminent in princeship the kiur, the "great place,"
In Nippur the lofty bellwether of the universe he erected (his)
dwelling.
The city--its "face" is awesome fear (and) dread,
Its outside no mighty god can approach,
Its inside is (full of) cries of mutilation, cries of bloodshed,
It is a trap that serves as a pit and net against the rebellious land,
It grants not long days to the braggart,
Allows no evil word to be uttered against (the divine) judgment.
Hypocrisy, distortion,
Abuse, malice, unseemliness,
Insolence, enmity, oppression,
Envy, (brute) force, libelous speech,
Arrogance, violation of agreement, breach of contract, abuse of (a
court)
verdict,
(All these) evils the city does not tolerate.
Nippur, whose "arm" is a vast net,
Whose "heart" is the fast-stepping hurin-bird,4
Whose "hand" the wicked and evil cannot escape;
The city endowed with truth,
Where righteousness (and) justice are perpetuated,
Where clean garments are worn (even) at the quay,
Where the older brother honors the younger brother, acts humanely
(towards
him),
Where the word of the elders is heeded, where it is repeated in fear,
Where the son humbly fears his mother, where eldership endures--,
In the city, the holy seat of Enlil,
...
Enlil, when you marked off holy settlements on earth,
You built Nippur as your very own city,
The kiur, the mountain, your pure place, whose water is sweet,
You founded in the Duranki, in the center of the four corners (of the
universe),
Its ground, the life of the land, the life of all the lands,
Its brickwork of red metal, its foundations of lapis-lazuli,
You have reared it up in Sumer like a wild ox,
All lands bow the head to it,
During its great festivals, the people spend (all) their time in
bountifulness.
...
Enlil, the shepherd5 upon whom you gaze (favorably),
The legitimate one, whom you have raised over the land--
The foreign land at his hand, the foreign land at his foot,
(As well as) the most distant of foreign lands you make subservient to
him,
Like refreshing water, overflowing goods from all over,
Their offerings and heavy tribute,
They brought into the storehouse,
Into the main courtyard they conducted (their) gifts,
Into the Ekur, the "lapis-lazuli" house they brought them in homage.
1An epithet applied to Enlil.
2The pantheon of Sumerian gods.
3Literally the "bond of heaven and earth," Dumanki meant the temple
complex
at Nippur. The kiur referred to in the following line was part of this
complex.
4An eagle-like mythological bird.
5The king of Sumer.
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "lmck41" <lmck41@ wrote:
you have to log in. Why don't you copy and paste the article along with
the link?
--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "attilacat" <attilacat@ wrote:
I found this on the Net. Thought I would share it!
http://college.cengage.com/history/west ... ce118.html
Hail Father Enki! Hail Lord Enlil! Hail the True Gods!
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