1) Sumerian ruler
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Ziusudra (also Zi-ud-sura and Zin-Suddu; Hellenized Xisuthros: `found long life` or `life of long days`) of Shuruppak is listed in the WB-62 Sumerian king list recension as the last king of Sumer prior to the deluge. He is subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic. He is also mentioned in other ancient literature, including ...
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(from the article `Shuruppak`) Shuruppak was celebrated in Sumerian legend as the scene of the Deluge, which destroyed all humanity except one survivor, Ziusudra. He had been ... ...soon built and kingship was instituted on earth. For some reason, however, the gods determined to destroy mankind with a flood. Enki (Akkadian: ... [2 re...
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In Sumerian legend, the hero of the
Flood story. There were many versions of the epic in which the legend was handed down; in the Epic of Gilgamesh the hero's name is Utanapishtim. ...
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a legendary Sumerian king who built a boat in which to escape the Deluge. Cf.
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