CLAA05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sumerian King List, Sumerian Religion, Abzu
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Sbv: standard babylonian version (early mid 1st miil. ) Reason for mortality? cultural institutions traditions, cultural hierarchies; sumerian me . Theogony: an account of the genealogy of a group or system of gods. Cosmogony: a theory regarding origin of the universe. Cosmology: an account or theory of the nature of the universe. Aetiology: investigation or attribution of the cause or reason for something, often in terms of historical or mythical explanations. Mythopoeia: the making of a myth or myths. If you walk far enough, you will reach the sea. E. g. in the north: a place in eternal darkness; this may be based on deductive reasoning from astronomical observations. Earth is the flat plane, covered by dome (sky) and below it, the netherworld; the whole model surrounded by primordial sea; constellations travel through sky and netherworld. Not everyone saw the world the same way. Ancient people were keen observers of the natural world.
