Sumerian Flood Story

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mythology
ancient Mesopotamian literature
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Eridu_Genesis
gptkbp:date circa 1600 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Nippur
gptkbp:featuresCharacter gptkb:Ziusudra
gptkbp:fragmentary yes
gptkbp:genre mythology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sumerian Flood Story
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkb:Akkadian_flood_myth
Biblical flood narrative
gptkbp:language Sumerian
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Enki
gptkb:Enlil
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Sumer
gptkbp:plotSummary Ziusudra builds a boat
Ziusudra receives immortality
Ziusudra survives the flood
gods decide to destroy humanity with a flood
gptkbp:preservedIn Nippur tablet
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Atrahasis
gptkb:Noah's_Ark
gptkbp:theme gptkb:dam
divine punishment
survival
gptkbp:writtenBy cuneiform tablets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mesopotamian_flood_myths
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7