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Aug 2020
45 m

Atrahasis

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This is the Mesopotamian creation myth of Atrahasis, a human king who was chosen to save creation from the disastrous impulses of the gods... and a great flood that threatened to cover the earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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