note varie:
Ziusudra or Zin-Suddu of Shuruppak (c. 2900 BC) is listed in the WB-62 Sumerian king list ... He is recorded as having reigned as both king and gudug priest for 10 sars, or periods of 3,600 years,
Atra-Hasis
Atrahasis is listed as a ruler of Shuruppak and gudug priest,
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Enlil and Nam-zid-tara
The short narrative poem Enlil and Nam-zid-tara is like a fable or a folk-tale. Nam-zid-tara is a gudug priest. Mesopotamian temples had elaborate and complex hierarchies of staff, from temple administrators to courtyard sweepers, and including a bewildering variety of religious practitioners with particular specialities, such as diviners, magicians, snake charmers, musicians and dancers, not to mention the butchers, cooks, and brewers who were responsible for preparing the daily meals offered regularly to the gods. The gudug priests were not a very elevated rank of religious personnel, and were not specialized to the cult of a particular deity but served in many temples.
Nam-zid-tara has been performing his priestly duties at a temple and is walking home. The god Enlil disguises himself as a raven before accosting the priest and engaging him in conversation. In their exchange, Nam-zid-tara is able to recognize that the raven really is Enlil, and is not merely claiming to be. Replying to the god, he alludes to a rather obscure myth about the captivity of En-me-sara, an ancient god known from other sources as an ancestor of Enlil. Enlil is evidently impressed by the priest’s knowledge and in return assigns a blessing of some sort to Nam-zid-tara and the gudug priests in general, to ‘come and go regularly’ in the temple of Enlil.
Clearly the narrative is rather abbreviated, and the full details would have been known to the original audience. The motif of a god disguising his true appearance as an animal before speaking to a human is well known from folk-tales from around the world, as is the contrast between a supremely powerful god and a humble human. Similarly the motif of an animal that can speak with a human voice is a feature of other Sumerian narratives (for instance the fly who addresses Inana at the end of Inana’s descent to the Underworld, Group B). The idea that the gudug priests were rewarded in perpetuity because of a clever response by one of their number might suggest that this little tale originated in the milieu of these temple servants.
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En-me-sara, an ancient god known from other sources as an ancestor of Enlil
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father of Gilgamesh's adversary Aga; whom Gilgames offers jokingly as a bride to the monster Huwawa Enmerkar a mythical king of Unug, father of the hero Lugalbanda En-me-sara Enlil's uncle in Enlil and Nam-zid-tara (Group C) Enmul a male ancestor deity, partner of Ninmul En-suhgir-ana a mythical king of Aratta;
www.mesopotamiangods.com/category/enlil/page/5/
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Nam-zid-tara (Group C) Enmul a male ancestor deity, partner of Ninmul En-suhgir-ana
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Enki fashioned the black headed people, not black skin...black hair makes black head...
Contrary to popular belief, "Black headed people" was a detonation of the Akkadians. They were called so because of their black tresses, in stark contrast of their neighborhing bald headed sumerians. It was the sumerians who labeled the akkadians "Black headed."
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The one whose head and body are dappled,
whose face drips honey,
innin, she
who breeds copulation,
vigor of the land,
the life of the Black Heads,
Asnan, the good bread,
bread of all the earth,
Enki placed in charge of it.
The Legend of Sargon translation
22. Whatsoever king shall be exalted after me,
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24. Let him rule, let him govern the black-headed peoples;
25. Mighty mountains with axes of bronze let him destroy;