According to the ancient Assyrian text, “The Debate between Bird and Fish”, water for human consumption did not exist until Enki, lord of wisdom, created the Tigris and Euphrates and caused water to flow into them from the mountains. He also created the smaller streams and watercourses, established sheepfolds, marshes, and reedbeds, and filled them with fish and birds. He founded cities and established kingship and rule over foreign countries. In “The Debate between Winter and Summer,” an unknown Sumerian author explains that summer and winter, abundance, spring floods, and fertility are the result of Enlil’s copulation with the hills of the earth. This mix is an homage to the pleasant agrarian days of ancient Sumer and the tribes of the fertile crescent. May this mix confer rich visions of ziggurat temples and hanging gardens...
