2. Enuma elish Cheat Sheet
● Translates to “...when on high…”
● Found on seven Cuneiform tablets
● Written in the Akkadian dialect
3. Enuma elish Cheat Sheet
● Story of earth develops
over a 7-day period
● Details order over chaos;
the cycle of the seasons
● Often thought of as the
Chaldean Genesis
● Pre-dates the biblical
version
● What is the sequence of
the creation?
4. Enuma elish Cheat Sheet
Right click on your mouse and select ‘open hyperlink’. Take a look at the Joseph
Campbell inerview and notes from Bill Moyers. It will be helpful in terms of
understanding the value of creation stories as they relate to mythology.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/faithandreason/
perspectives1.html#need
