After heaven and earth had been separated           and mankind had been created,      after An&ucircum, Enlil and Ereskigal had taken posesssion               of heaven, earth and the underworld;      after Enki had set sail for the underworld           and the sea ebbed and flowed in honor of its lord;      on this day, a huluppu tree           which had been planted on the banks of the Euphrates           and nourished by its waters      was uprooted by the south wind           and carried away by the Euphrates.      A goddess who was wandering among the banks           siezed the swaying tree      And -- at the behest of Anu and Enlil --           brought it to Inanna's garden in Uruk.      Inanna tended the tree carefully and lovingly           she hoped to have a throne and a bed           made for herself from its wood.      After ten years, the tree had matured.      But in the meantime, she found to her dismay           that her hopes could not be fulfilled.      because during that time           a dragon had built its nest at the foot of the tree           the Zu-bird was raising its young in the crown,           and the demon Lilith had built her house in the middle.      But Gilgamesh, who had heard of Inanna's plight,           came to her rescue.      He took his heavy shield           killed the dragon with his heavy bronze axe,           which weighed seven talents and seven minas.      Then the Zu-bird flew into the mountains           with its young,      while Lilith, petrified with fear,           tore down her house and fled into the wilderness

 

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