"They drank sweet wine, they enjoyed sweet beer."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
About Lahar and Ezina, in Debate between Sheep and Grain, mid to late . Text online at the .
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ashnan
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Ashnan
, also known as Ezina or Ezina-Kusu, was the goddess of grain in . She and her brother Lahar, both children of Enlil, were created by the gods to provide the with food, but when the heavenly creatures were found unable to make use of their products, humankind was created to provide an outlet for their services.
11 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Ashnan →
Related Quotes
"I foster neighbourliness and friendliness. I sort out quarrels started between neighbours. When I come upon a captive…"
"When the beer dough has been carefully prepared in the oven, and the mash tended in the oven, mixes them for me while…"
"Every night your count is made and your tally-stick put into the ground, so your herdsman can tell people how many ew…"
"As for you, Ickur is your master, Cakkan your herdsman, and the dry land your bed. Like fire beaten down in houses an…"
"She has purified the oven. [...] Kusu has then put numerous bulls and numerous sheep into the great oven. Kusu has th…"
"From g praise to lady Kusu, the princess of the holy abzu."
"When, upon the hill of heaven and earth, An spawned the Anuna gods, … there was no small grain, grain from the mounta…"
"From sunrise till sunset, may the name of Ezina be praised. People should submit to the yoke of Ezina. Whoever has si…"
"Holy Enten […] made Ezina appear radiant as a beautiful maiden. The harvest, the great festival of Enlil, rose heaven…"
"A plant sweeter than a husband, a plant sweeter than a child: may Ezina-Kusu dwell in your house."