05/20/2026
"Adapa and the South Wind"
The Original Pre-Abrahamic "Garden of Eden" Legend
Note: Gizida is alternate form Ningishzida - the Original "Satan" Entity, who is Not a Fallen Angel but a Divine Entity Who works for An (God)
Cuneiform Script:
13' ๐๐พ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ ๐ผ๐ญ๐
14' ๐ฟ๐พ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฃ ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐
15' ๐๐๐๐ช ๐ฟ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ ๐
๐ข๐
16' ๐เฐเฑเฐฒเฑ ๐๐พ ๐ ๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ
17' ๐๐๐บ ๐๐พ ๐ ๐ญ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ะปะฐะฑ๐๐ญ๐๐พ
Syllabic Transliteration:
13' a-na Kร แตa-ni i-na แนญe-แธซi-ลกu
14' i-na Kร แตa-ni แตdumu-zi แตgi-iz-zi-da
15' iz-za-az-zu i-mu-ru-ลกu-ma a-da-pa il-su-uโ
16' e-แนญlu a-na ma-an-ni ki-a-am a-ma-a-ti
17' a-da-pa a-na ma-an-ni kar-ra lab-ba-ลกa-a-ti
Normalized Akkadian:
Ana bฤb Ani ina แนญeแธซรฎลกu,
ina bฤb Ani Dumuzi Gizzida
izzazzลซ. ฤชmurลซลกuma Adapa, ilsรป:
"Eแนญlu, ana manni kฤซam amรขti?
Adapa, ana manni karra labbaลกฤti?"
English Translation:
"As he approached the gate of Anu,
at the gate of Anu, Dumuzi and Gizzida
were standing. They saw Adapa and called out:
'Young man, for whom do you look like this?
Adapa, for whom are you dressed in mourning clothes?'"
(Adapa then delivers the flattering lie Enki taught him, winning over Dumuzi and Gizzida).
Cuneiform Script:
25' ๐๐ก ๐ช๐พ๐ ๐๐
๐๐๐ข ๐๐
๐ ๐๐ท๐พ
25' ๐ท๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐
๐ ๐๐ท๐พ
26' ๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ช๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ท๐พ
27' ๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
๐พ ๐ป๐๐
28' ๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ธ ๐ญ๐ ๐พ
29' ๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐
๐
30' ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ด ๐ฟ๐พ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐
Syllabic Transliteration:
24' ni-nu mi-na-a ni-ip-pu-us-su a-ka-al ba-la-แนญi
25' le-qaโ-ni-ลกu-um-ma li-kul a-ka-al ba-la-แนญi
26' il-quโ-ni-ลกu-um-ma uโ-ul i-ku-ul me-e ba-la-แนญi
27' il-quโ-ni-ลกu-um-ma uโ-ul il-ti lu-ba-ra
28' il-quโ-ni-ลกu-um-ma it-ta-al-ba-aลก ลกa-am-na
29' il-quโ-ni-ลกu-um-ma it-ta-ap-ลกi-iลก
30' id-gu-ul-ลกu-ma แตa-nu iแนฃ-แนฃi-iแธซ i-na mu-แธซi-ลกu
Normalized Akkadian:
Nฤซnu minรข nippussu? Akal balฤแนญi
leqรขniลกลกumma likul! Akal balฤแนญi
ilqรปniลกลกumma ul ฤซkul. Mรช balฤแนญi
ilqรปniลกลกumma ul ilti. Lubฤra
ilqรปniลกลกumma ittalbaลก, ลกamna
ilqรปniลกลกumma ittapลกiลก.
Idgulลกuma Anu iแนฃแนฃiแธซ ina muแธซแธซiลกu:
English Translation:
"[Anu asked:] 'What, then, shall we do for him? The bread of life,
Fetch it for him, and let him eat!' The bread of life
They fetched for him, but he did not eat. The water of life
They fetched for him, but he did not drink. A garment
They fetched for him, and he put it on. Oil
They fetched for him, and he anointed himself.
Anu looked at him and laughed at him."
(Anu then asks Adapa why he refused to eat, and upon hearing of Ea's warning, Anu declares that mankind will remain mortal).