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>The name Adapa has also been used for the first Apkallu, sometimes known as Uanna (in the Greek work by Berossus called Oannes)
>When the story of Adapa was first rediscovered, some scholars saw a resemblance with the story of the biblical Adam, such as Albert Tobias Clay
>The Four Winds are a group of mythical figures in Mesopotamian mythology whose names and functions correspond to four cardinal directions of wind. They were both cardinal concepts (used for mapping and understanding geographical features in relation to each other) as well as characters with personality, who could serve as antagonistic forces or helpful assistants in myths
>Usually translated as South wind, the name of this wind likely means "cloud wind." This wind may correlate to a modern-day counterpart, the Kaus which blows around the South and East and is associated with the rain and thunderstorms of the wet season. This wind is speculated to be feminine or female, as it is referred to with feminine pronouns in texts, and has been connected to the female winged figure on cylinder seals. She also has a connection to the god Ea and was speculated to have taken on a more divine roll, gaining a horned crown of divinity and losing her wings in later depictions. Sometimes this wind is characterized positively, but also had an evil aspect as a Demonic wind that needed to be chased away
>The South Wind appears in the myth of Adapa as an antagonistic force, preventing the sage from fishing in the sea and sinking his boat. In response, Adapa breaks the Wind's Wing, causing Anu send the serpent-god Ningishzida to bring Adapa to his court when he realizes that the wind had stopped blowing, which he did and Anu forgave him, offering Adapa the food and water of the gods to he could become one of them. His father, Ea, does not want Adapa to gain immortality and usurp his son other son, Marduk. Therefore he lies, and tells Adapa that Anu will offer him the food and water of death
>The name Adapa has also been used for the first Apkallu, sometimes known as Uanna (in the Greek work by Berossus called Oannes)
>When the story of Adapa was first rediscovered, some scholars saw a resemblance with the story of the biblical Adam, such as Albert Tobias Clay
>The Four Winds are a group of mythical figures in Mesopotamian mythology whose names and functions correspond to four cardinal directions of wind. They were both cardinal concepts (used for mapping and understanding geographical features in relation to each other) as well as characters with personality, who could serve as antagonistic forces or helpful assistants in myths
>Usually translated as South wind, the name of this wind likely means "cloud wind." This wind may correlate to a modern-day counterpart, the Kaus which blows around the South and East and is associated with the rain and thunderstorms of the wet season. This wind is speculated to be feminine or female, as it is referred to with feminine pronouns in texts, and has been connected to the female winged figure on cylinder seals. She also has a connection to the god Ea and was speculated to have taken on a more divine roll, gaining a horned crown of divinity and losing her wings in later depictions. Sometimes this wind is characterized positively, but also had an evil aspect as a Demonic wind that needed to be chased away
>The South Wind appears in the myth of Adapa as an antagonistic force, preventing the sage from fishing in the sea and sinking his boat. In response, Adapa breaks the Wind's Wing, causing Anu send the serpent-god Ningishzida to bring Adapa to his court when he realizes that the wind had stopped blowing, which he did and Anu forgave him, offering Adapa the food and water of the gods to he could become one of them. His father, Ea, does not want Adapa to gain immortality and usurp his son other son, Marduk. Therefore he lies, and tells Adapa that Anu will offer him the food and water of death
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