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Carlisle Blog: An Author’s Journey: Mythological & Religious Inspirations for Medieval Epic Fantasy, 3: The Waters of Babylon – Enki & The Epic of Gilgamesh

“The Adda Seal,” depicts Enki (Ea) with a river & fish flowing through him (ancient Akkadian greenstone cylinder seal, c. 2300 BCE; British Museum)

Carlisle Blog: An Author’s Journey: Mythological & Religious Inspirations for Medieval Epic Fantasy, 3: The Waters of Babylon – Enki & The Epic of Gilgamesh

“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of…