Enki and the World Order

Enki and the World Order is a Sumerian myth in which Enki, the god of arts, crafts, wisdom, and water, blesses the lands of Nippur, Ur, Meluha, and Dilmun with crops, livestock, precious metals, and success in war; he also distributes the mes among the cities. He then organizes the rivers, seas, clouds, and rain, populating the hills with life and filling the Tigris and Euphrates with his semen. He makes the life he created multiply, then invents the skills of building and weaving. While he performs his acts, he also establishes deities to rule over his creative domains.

Enki's Task
Enki, the god of arts, crafts, wisdom and water, is highly loved by the Anunnaki, his fellow upper-class gods. He's summoned by his brother and the Supreme God of the Sumerian pantheon, Enlil. Enlil has prepared the mes, the gifts of civilization, and commissioned Enki as the keeper of the ''mes. Enlil commands Enki to deliver the mes'' to the various city centers of Sumer, beginning with his own city of Eridu. After the Anunnaki praises Enki and Enki praises himself, he sets off