The Myth of Adapa

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
Mesopotamian myth
gptkbp:AdapaIs gptkb:sage
priest of Eridu
gptkbp:date 14th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Nineveh
gptkb:Amarna
gptkbp:genre mythology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Myth of Adapa
gptkbp:influenced later Mesopotamian literature
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:mainCharacter Adapa
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Gishzida
gptkb:Tammuz
gptkb:Anu
gptkb:Ea
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:plotSummary Adapa breaks the wing of the South Wind
Adapa is summoned before Anu
Adapa refuses food and drink of immortality
Ea warns Adapa not to eat or drink in heaven
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sumerian_mythology
gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkbp:subjectOf scholarly research
gptkbp:theme immortality
divine wisdom
human limitation
gptkbp:writtenBy cuneiform tablets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adapa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6