Sumerian people were polytheistic. They believed in many gods and practiced Mesopotamian Mythology. Some of the proverbs of this religion include: Anc
1. Whoever has walked with truth generates life.
2. Do not cut off the neck of that which has had its neck cut off.
3. That which is given in submission becomes a medium of defiance.
4. The destruction is from his own personal god; he knows no savior.
5. Wealth is hard to come by, but poverty is always at hand.
6. He acquires many things, he must keep close watch over them.
7. A boat bent on honest pursuits sailed downstream with the wind; Utu has sought out honest ports for it.
8. He who drinks too much beer must drink water.
9. He who eats too much will not be able to sleep.
10. Since my wife is at the outdoor shrine, and furthermore since my mother is at the river, I shall die of hunger, he says.
11. May the goddess Inanna cause a limited wife to lie down for you; May she bestow upon you broad-armed sons; May she seek out for you a place of Happiness.
12. The poor man nibbles at his silver.
13. The poor are the silent ones of the land.
14. All the households of the poor are not equally submissive.
15. A poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he treasures him forever.
Major Mesopotamian Gods include:
1. Whoever has walked with truth generates life.
2. Do not cut off the neck of that which has had its neck cut off.
3. That which is given in submission becomes a medium of defiance.
4. The destruction is from his own personal god; he knows no savior.
5. Wealth is hard to come by, but poverty is always at hand.
6. He acquires many things, he must keep close watch over them.
7. A boat bent on honest pursuits sailed downstream with the wind; Utu has sought out honest ports for it.
8. He who drinks too much beer must drink water.
9. He who eats too much will not be able to sleep.
10. Since my wife is at the outdoor shrine, and furthermore since my mother is at the river, I shall die of hunger, he says.
11. May the goddess Inanna cause a limited wife to lie down for you; May she bestow upon you broad-armed sons; May she seek out for you a place of Happiness.
12. The poor man nibbles at his silver.
13. The poor are the silent ones of the land.
14. All the households of the poor are not equally submissive.
15. A poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he treasures him forever.
Major Mesopotamian Gods include:
- Adad - god of storms, venerated as a supreme power especially in Syria and Lebanon
- Enlil - god of the wind and divine ruler of the Earth and its human inhabitants, head of the Assyrian pantheon
- Anu - god of heaven and the sky, lord of constellations, and father of the gods
- Enki- god of crafts, water, intelligence, mischief, and creation
- Erishigal- goddess of the Underworld
- Inanna- goddess of fertility, love, and war
- Nabu - god of wisdom and writing
- Nergal - god of plague, war, and the sun in its destructive capacity; husband of Ereshkigal
- Ninurta - champion of the gods, the epitome of youthful vigor, and god of agriculture
- Shamash - god of the sun, arbiter of justice and patron of travelers
- Sin - god of the moon