Widimmu

Widimmu (also Edimmu ) is in the Atraḫasis epic the name of the first man born by Nintu with the help of Enlil . The words Widimmu / Edimmu are neither Sumerian nor Akkadian in origin. Borrowing from a pre-Iranian language is conceivable.

Widimmu initially lived alone on earth. In the further course of the division, man and woman arise from Widimmu:

“In the gardens and in the streets, the wife and husband rode together. The wombs are gathered, Nintu is sitting, counting the months ... The tenth month came when ... she opened the womb ... I created, my hands did it, the midwife may rejoice in the consecrated. "

- Excerpts from the Atraḫasis epic, plate 1, lines 275 to 290

People should work for the gods and feed them.

literature

• Rainer Albertz : The cultural work in the Atramḫasis compared to biblical prehistory . In: Rainer Albertz, Ingo Kottsieper: History and Theology: Studies on the Exegesis of the Old Testament and the religious history of Israel . de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-1101-7633-5 , pp. 1-48.
• Wolfram von Soden : The Old Babylonian Atramḫasis Myth In: Otto Kaiser u. a .: TUAT, Volume III - Wisdom Texts, Myths, Epics : 3.1 Wisdom Texts . Gütersloher Verlaghaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1990, ISBN 3-5790-0072-1 , pp. 612-645.