Marshland

Notable quotes

“In the great marshes and the wide lagoons, I am your persecuting demon.”
— Bird to Fish, in Debate between Bird and Fish (mid to late ). .
“Enki knit together the marshlands, making young and old reeds grow there; he made birds and fish teem in the pools and lagoons”
— Debate between Bird and Fish (late to early ). .
“Where there was a marsh then in Unug, it was full of water. Where there was any dry land, Euphrates poplars grew there. Where there were reed thickets, old reeds and young reeds grew there.”
— Enmerkar to Lugalbanda, in Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird, Ur III Period (21st century BCE).

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