The Overturned Boat: Intertextuality of the Adapa Myth and Exorcist Literature

by Amar Annus

The Adapa myth is a literary work of ancient Mesopotamia with different versions in Sumerian and Akkadian. According to the Adapa myth, the sage and cook from Eridu goes fishing to the Persian Gulf, where the South Wind capsizes his boat. The sage's curse breaks the wing of the South Wind. Adapa lies seven days in the ocean, whence he is summoned to heaven, to be positively judged by the sky god Anu. The present book investigates the literary development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9521094915
• ISBN13: 9789521094910
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.8"