Enki remembered the engendering clay of the Apsu, which he himself had been made from, and used this with the help of the womb goddesses and eight midwife goddesses led by Ninmah; he had his mother become pregnant. She gave birth to man so that he could relieve the gods of their toil. At the celebration of the birth, Enki and Ninmah both drank too much and began to quarrel...
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She gave birth to man so that he could relieve the gods of their toil. At the celebration of the birth, Enki and Ninmah both drank too much and began to quarrel. Ninmah boasted that she could impair man’s shape at will, and Enki countered that he could temper even the worst that she might do. She made seven freaks, for each of which Enki found a place in society and a living...
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