Creation of Man

Selected quotations describing the creation of humanity in Sumerian, biblical, and other texts.

The Atra-Hasis Account

"Let the mother goddess mix clay with the flesh and blood of a god. Then they will become a god and man together, living in harmony forever."

"Nintu, the lady of birth, mixed the clay. The gods spat upon the clay. She summoned the great Anunnaki to witness the creation."

"Seven males and seven females were created. They were the first humans — the Lullu, the primitive workers."

The Biblical Account

"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7)

"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." (Genesis 1:26)

The "Debate between Enki and Ninmah"

"Enki created a being — but it was imperfect. Ninmah created beings — but they were imperfect. They argued about their creations, and the debate revealed the difficulty of the work."

Sitchin's Summary

"The creation of man was not a miracle — it was a scientific procedure. The Anunnaki took the existing hominid of Earth — Homo erectus — and added their own genetic material. The result was Homo sapiens — a perfect hybrid."

See Also

• Adamu — The first human
• Adapa — The perfected human
• Enki — The creator
• Ninmah — The geneticist
• Genetic Engineering — Genetic engineering
• Creation Of Humans — The timeline event

Sources

• Sitchin, Z. (1976). The 12^th Planet.
• Sitchin, Z. (1990). Genesis Revisited.
• Lambert, W. G. & Millard, A. R. (1969). Atra-Ḫasīs.