Adamu
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Adamu is a specially created man in Babylonian tradition who received from his divine father the gift of wisdom but not everlasting life. He was offered food and water that would grant immortality, but was deceived by his father Ea into believing they were deadly. He is not regarded as the progenitor of the human race like the Hebrew Adam.
When
- First attested
- 2100 BCE
- Attested period
- -2100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in early Babylonian literature, linked to the Epic of Gilgamesh tradition.
Relationships
- child of
- Ea
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Adamu or Adapa, we are told, received from his divine father the gift of wisdom, but not that of everlasting life.”
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