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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - EDEN, GARDEN OF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Water of death will they bring thee: drink not of it." Adapa does as he is told, but the bread and water Anu causes to be placed before him are of life, not of death.
		Further, in the Biblical story, as in the Adapa legend, man is prevented from eating the food of life through being told that it means death to him.
		Adapa, who has been endowed with knowledge, puts on the garment given him by Anu, and Adam and Eve, after eating of the tree of knowledge, make for themselves garments of fig-leaves.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=39&letter=E (1962 words)

	Adapa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adapa, caretaker of Eridu, was an exorcist, with mighty powers to fight demons.
		Ea, his patron god, warned him not to partake of food or drink while he is in heaven, and thus cheated Adapa of the immortality that would have been his.
		Although some see his story as an influence on the story of the biblical Adam, the opposite view is held by those who hold to the historicity of the Hebrew Bible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adapa (228 words)

	ADAPA AND THE FOOD OF LIFE
		He was a semi-divine being and was the wise man and priest of the temple of Ea at Eridu, which he provided with the ritual bread and water.
		When Adapa was fishing one day on a smooth sea, the south wind rose suddenly and overturned his boat, so that the was thrown into the sea.
		Adapa, the son of Ea, the wing of the South wind
	www.sacred-texts.com /ane/adapa.htm (792 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.01.24
		Adapa is admitted to Anu's presence on account of his ostensible reverence toward Tammuz and Gizzida, now guardians at the gate of heaven.
		Adapa, certain that the offerings are the victuals of death, refuses them, and loses his chance to gain eternal life.
		From this standpoint, Adapa's rejecting a portion of the gifts presented to him is understood as a violation of rules of mutual hospitality, resulting in the loss of a chance of full assimilation to the divine.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-01-24.html (2271 words)

	AdapaAdam
		Adapa refused to consume the "bread and water of life" offered him by Anu in his heavenly abode because his god whom he served on the earth, Ea (Sumerian Enki) had warned him NOT to eat the "bread of death" or "drink the water of death" for he would surely die.
		Adapa was warned on the earth in Eridu by his god Ea (Enki) NOT to eat "the bread of death" or drink "the water of death" or he would surely die.
		Adapa, son of Ea, the Babylonian god of wisdom, was attacked in the Persian Gulf by a Storm-bird while catching fish for his father's priests, and broke its wing.
	www.homestead.com /bibleorigins*net/AdapaAdam.html (9568 words)

	Other Babylonian (Akkadian) Tales of Beginnings
		Adapa is also in charge of ritually assuring the fish supply, so one day, he sets out to fish, letting his boat drift rudderless in "the broad sea" (Dalley 184)--no doubt the Persian Gulf.
		Adapa is to approach the two gatekeepers of Anu, Tammuz and Gizzida, and to tell them that he is mourning their absence from the earth.
		Adapa explains that he was just trying to fish for his lord Ea when the wind dumped him into "the world of fish," so he cursed the wind.
	faculty.gvsu.edu /websterm/Adapa.htm (1946 words)

	Sumerian religion
		Adapa, in his first brilliant article on Sumerian religion (the series of his essays also in this site as Adapa´s Treatise on Sumerian Religion) says that reincarnation is a concept suitable for the Mesopotamians because it was so real and explicit that it was not worth reporting the striking obvious.
		Adapa is the proto-Solomon, the sage and priest-king of Eridu.
		Adapa of Twin Rivers Rising quotes an obscure myth, which is here quoted in full: "After the Watcher and the Turnkey have greeted a man, the Annunaki, the Great Gods, assemble; Mammi, the one who fixes the fate, decides the fates with them.
	www.meta-religion.com /World_Religions/Ancient_religions/Mesopotamia/Summerian/sumerian_religion_and_eternal_re.htm (2207 words)

	AdapaAdamPicturesFishmen
		The ancient Mesopotamian myth of man's (Adapa the fisherman's) lost chance at immortality has come full-circle with the Christian myths of an "ichthys" Jesus Christ, who like Adapa, is a dispenser of knowledge, a healer, and involved with the motif of man's attainment of immortality as well.
		How did Adapa come to be in later ages transformed into a fish-man? In the Adapa and the Southwind myth he is in his boat fishing when the Southwind overturns his boat, tossing him into the sea.
		I thus propose that Adapa's "dip in the sea" made him into a fish-man (he is a fishER-man, who prepares fish daily for his god Ea's table in Eridu and he is famed for his wisdom given him by Ea).
	www.homestead.com /bibleorigins*net/AdapaAdamPicturesFishmen.html (1459 words)

	genesisgenesis
		Adapa, before he leaves heaven and returns to the earth from which he ascended, is given a change of clothes at Anu's behest.
		It was Adapa's cursing of the South-wind, that broke its wing.
		In summation, Genesis 1-11 appears to be a reformatting of motifs and characters from four ancient myths, Adapa and the South wind, Atrahasis, the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Enuma Elish.
	prophetess.lstc.edu /~rklein/Documents/genesisgenesis.htm (4900 words)

	Adapa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Adapa was an Ancient (A member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer) Sumerian king.
		Adapa, caretaker of (additional info and facts about Eridu) Eridu, was an exorcist, with mighty powers to fight the demons that bedeviled the Mesopotamian imagination.
		His story became an influence on the story of the biblical Adam.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Ad/Adapa.htm (186 words)

	Reading for Understanding Three #93C
		Adapa became so angry that he broke one of the goddess's wings.
		In consequence, Adapa was made to appear before the sky god, who, after hearing Adapa's side of the story, pardoned him and offered him the heavenly bread and water of everlasting life.
		Adapa refused the offer; he was mistrustful of eating or drinking while in heaven, lest he would be fatally poisoned.
	homepage.smc.edu /quizzes/cheney_joyce/RFUThree93C.html (735 words)

	Adapa
		Adapa - Son of Ea and Sumerian King of Eridu.
		Myth: On a fishing expedition in the Persian Gulf, Adapa was buffeted by the South wind.
		Adapa's curse, however, was so strong that is was able to break the wings of the South Wind.
	library.thinkquest.org /C005854/text/westasia.htm (4703 words)

	Adapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Adapa, son of Ea and Sumerian king of Eridu, was regarded as the first man and sage, but was not considered immortal.
		Whereas Adam is claimed to have named the beasts and fowl, the Akkadian myth credits Adapa with the invention of speech.
		Greeted by Tammuz (see Ishtar), Adapa informed the dying king that he mourned his absence from earth, a sentiment that was well received.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/adapa.html (208 words)

	Adapa - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
		Back to the myth: Adapa is said to be the (spiritual) son of Ea, and by Him is trained in the ways of heaven and earth to disclose the designs of the land.
		Adapa is considered a sage, a protecting spirit among mankind, highly regarded by the community, once no one rejected his word.
		Adapa´s story is thus a wondrous metaphor that celebrates faith in life and the future, because in the end, the future is the child of the past, nurtured in the present by ensouled deeds in all worlds we thread upon.
	www.gatewaystobabylon.com /gods/lords/lordadapa.html (2308 words)

	ningishzida
		Adapa's being to told to "return to his earth" becomes Adam's "returning to the dust he was TAKEN from." Adapa's expulsion from Anu's heavenly abode, he being TAKEN from the heavenly abode apparently by Tammuz and Ningishzida, I understand to be reformatted as the Cherubim DRIVING Adam and Eve from Paradise.
		In the Adapa and the Southwind myth, Ea, who is credited with creating mankind and placing him in his fruit-tree garden at Eridu to work it and thus end the toil of the Igigi gods, lies to Adapa, telling him not to eat or drink anything for it is the food and water of death.
		Adapa is told that he must say, in reply to the gods' questions, that he is in mourning for two gods who have disappeared from earth, namely Dumuzi and Gishzida.
	www.bibleorigins.net /ningishzida.html (9699 words)

	Adapa's Treatise On Sumerian Religion
		Enki teaches Adapa how to avoid An's anger by enlisting the aid of Dumuzi and Ningiszida, but he instructs Adapa not to eat the food they offer for it is the bread of death, nor take the drink they offer for it is the water of death.
		To accept that Enki would not only trick Adapa, but lie to him by claiming he would be offered the bread and water of death, when he was to be offered the bread and water of Life seems implausible.
		No, inherent in the Adapa myth is the belief that there is something which awaits mankind for which death is a necessary step; and that denying man 'immortality', the supposed god-like state, he had preserved mankind's destiny.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /sitchin/adapa_treatise.htm (4316 words)

	Adapa - BibleWiki
		Though there is no one Babylonian legend of the Garden of Eden with which the Biblical story can be compared as in the case of the stories of the Creation and of the Flood, there are nevertheless points of relationship between it and Babylonian mythology.
		Adapa, the first man, is the son of the god Ea, by whom he has been endowed with wisdom, but not with everlasting life.
		Ea gives his son instructions as to his behavior before Anu; among other things he tells him: "Bread of death will they offer thee: eat not of it.
	bible.tmtm.com /wiki/Adapa (608 words)

	World Religion - Adapa Legend
		Adapa, a fisherman, son of Ea, is fishing in " the sea," when a storm arises.
		Though only a mortal, swept into the waters by the South Wind, he subdues the element, since it is under the control of his father, and breaks the wings of the storm-bird.
		He is alarmed, however, that Adapa should have penetrated to heaven and seen its secrets.
	www.world-religion.org /articles/a/a79.php (321 words)

	Adapa
		When one day Ea, who was also a fisherman, shipwrecked on the cliffs, Adapa caught him and broke one of his wings.
		His father misled him about the correct behavior in heaven, so that Adapa did not receive eternal life as he had hoped.
		Adapa is also the name of one of the seven Apkallu, the wisest of men.
	www.pantheon.org /mythica/articles/a/adapa.html (138 words)

	Adapa \| THG Lexikon
		Adapa ist die Hauptfigur eines mesopotamsichen Mythos, der in einer Abschrift aus Amarna und mehreren Tontafeln aus der Bibliothek des Assurbanipal unvollständig überliefert ist.
		Der weise Adapa aus Eridu, dem Kultort des Ea, brach bei einer Bootsfahrt auf dem Meer dem Südwind durch einen Fluch die Flügel.
		Durch Eas Rat gelangte Adapa von allein an den Hof Ans, indem er in trauernder Haltung an den Torwächtern Ans, Dumuzi und Gischzida vorbeikam.
	www.thgweb.de /lexikon/Adapa (182 words)

	Mid-America Commerce & Industry: Adapa Inc. Observes 40th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Adapa Incorporated, Topeka, Kansas, is observing its 4011 anniversary.
		Adapa also serves the office equipment, agriculture and electrical equipment industries.
		Adapa Incorporated can be contacted at: (800) 255-2302; (785) 862-2060; Fax (785) 862-4444; PO Box 5183, Topeka Kansas 66604; www.adapausa.com.
	newssearch.looksmart.com /p/articles/mi_qa3698/is_200403/ai_n9394603 (316 words)

	The Myth of Adapa
		Adapa was also responsible for providing food for the gods.
		Remembering Ea’s words Adapa refuses them, but does accept the garment and the anointing with oil (general courtesies offered to guests) that is offered.
		Adapa is is either misled or deceived by Ea and thus loses immortality.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/4027/adapa.html (1396 words)

	@TITLE = In Search of The Historical Adam: Part 2
		A fishing accident angered Adapa, who broke the wing of the south wind, and was summoned to heaven to appear before the god Anu.
		Adapa was warned by his father, Ea, not to eat a certain food or drink any water that would be offered to him.
		Adapa was regarded as a prophet or seer, and had been priest of the temple of Ea at Eridu.
	www.asa3.org /ASA/topics/Evolution/PSCF3-94Fisher.html (6981 words)

	Genesis Proclaimed News
		A fishing accident angered Adapa, who broke the wing of the south wind, and was summoned to heaven to appear before Anu.
		In another version, Adapa was given vast understanding “that he might give names to all ‘concepts’ in the earth.” And Adam was tasked to name the “creatures” of the earth.
		Even though the Adapa legend has no Sumerian counterpart, in literary Sumerian, the contrast "town and country" is commonly expressed by uru and 'adam, literally "town and pasture.” The connection with 'adam taken from the "ground" in Genesis is mirrored with 'adam and pasture land in Sumerian.
	www.genesisproclaimed.org /resources/news.asp?NewsID=33 (998 words)

	Adapa On Nibiru Denied Immortality by Sasha Lessin PhD
		Adapa, "a busybody, in charge of the services for which the primitive workers were brought over to the Edin," supervised the bakers, assured water supplies, oversaw the fishing for Eridu
		Adapa begged Enki to give him the substances of Nibiru to allow him, like the Nibirans, to live for hundreds of thousands of years.
		Ningishzidda, who'd taken DNA samples from Adapa and therefore knew Adapa was also a son of Enki, slipped Grandfather Anu a sealed tablet from Enki.
	www.enkispeaks.com /Essays/17AdapaOnNibiruDeniedImmortality.htm (1078 words)

	Sumerian Gods, Demons and Immortals whose Names Start with 'A'
		Adapa was a creation of Enki, the perfect man who became known as the "sage of Eridu." He served his creator by maintaining the E.abzu, the House of Enki.
		In his fury, Adapa shouted, “South Wind, I will break your wing,” and South Wind’s wing was broken.
		To protect him from Anu's wrath, Enki counseled Adapa about going up to Heaven, but because he was jealous, warned Adapa that the supreme god would give him the bread of death to eat and the water of death to drink.
	www.jameswbell.com /geog0050anames.html (2057 words)

	ADAPA : The legendary mortal from Mesopotamian Mythology
		ADAPA : The legendary mortal from Mesopotamian Mythology
		ADAPA's story reveals a valuable lesson: It is not a good idea to tear the wings off a Wind God.
		ADAPA's display of river rage stopped SHUTU's antics and he was very cross.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/mesopotamian-mythology.php?deity=ADAPA (301 words)

	ROBOTS Topeka Capital-Journal, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Adapa Inc. has invested $200,000 in a machine to increase efficiency in their production of material handling carts.
		For years, Adapa customers have had to wait three to four weeks before their orders could be filled.
		For each piece of equipment the robot welds, such as the base of a cart or the handle, Adapa employees have to make a jig, which holds the pieces in place to be welded.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20000507/ai_n11747034 (872 words)

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