The 12th Planet (57 page)

If the "clay" into which the godly element was mixed was an earthly element—as all texts insist—then the only possible conclusion is that the male sperm of a god—his genetic material—was inserted into the egg of an ape-woman!

The Akkadian term for the "clay"—or, rather, "molding clay"—is
tit.
But its original spelling was TI.IT ("that which is with life"). In Hebrew,
tit
means "mud"; but its synonym is
bo
,
which shares a root with
bi
a
("marsh") and
be
a
("egg").

The story of Creation is replete with plays on words. We have seen the double and triple meanings of Adam–
adama–adamtu–dam
. The epithet for the Mother Goddess, NIN.TI, meant both "lady of life" and "lady of the rib." Why not, then,
bo
–bi
a–be
a
("clay–mud–egg") as a play on words for the female ovum?

The ovum of a female
Homo erectus,
fertilized by the genes of a god, was then implanted within the womb of Ea's spouse; and after the "model" was obtained, duplicates of it were implanted in the wombs of birth goddesses, to undergo the process of pregnancy and birth.

The Wise and learned,

Double-seven birth-goddesses had assembled;

Seven brought forth males,

Seven brought forth females.

The Birth Goddess brought forth

The Wind of the Breath of Life.

In pairs were they completed,

In pairs were they completed in her presence.

The creatures were People–

Creatures of the Mother Goddess.

Homo sapiens
had been created.

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The ancient legends and myths, biblical information, and modern science are also compatible in one more aspect. Like the findings of modern anthropologists—that Man evolved and emerged in southeast Africa—the Mesopotamian texts suggest that the creation of Man took place in the Apsu—in the Lower World where the Land of the Mines was located. Paralleling Adapa, the "model" of Man, some texts mention "sacred Amama, the Earth woman," whose abode was in the Apsu.

In the "Creation of Man" text, Enki issues the following instructions to the Mother Goddess: "Mix to a core the clay from the Basement of Earth, just above the Abzu." A hymn to the creations of Ea, who "the Apsu fashioned as his dwelling," begins by stating:

Divine Ea in the
Apsu

pinched off a piece of clay,

created Kulla to restore the temples.

The hymn continues to list the construction specialists, as well as those in charge of the "abundant products of mountain and sea," who were created by Ea—all, it is inferred, from pieces of "clay" pinched off in the Abzu—the Land of Mines in the Lower World.

The texts make it abundantly clear that while Ea built a brick house by the water in Eridu, in the Abzu he built a house adorned with precious stones and silver. It was there that his creature, Man, originated:

The Lord of the AB.ZU, the king Enki ...

Built his house of silver and lapis-lazuli;

Its silver and lapis-lazuli, like sparkling light,

The Father fashioned fittingly in the AB.ZU.

The Creatures of bright countenance,

Coming forth from the AB.ZU,

Stood all about the Lord Nudimmud.

One can even conclude from the various texts that the creation of Man caused a rift among the gods. It would appear that at least at first the new Primitive Workers were confined to the Land of Mines. As a result, the Anunnaki who were toiling in Sumer proper were denied the benefits of the new manpower. A puzzling text named by the scholars "The Myth of the Pickax" is in fact the record of the events whereby the Anunnaki who stayed in Sumer under Enlil obtained their fair share of the Black-Headed People.

Seeking to reestablish "the normal order," Enlil took the extreme action of severing the contacts between "Heaven" (the Twelfth Planet or the spaceships) and Earth, and launched some drastic action against the place "where flesh sprouted forth."

The Lord,

That which is appropriate he caused to come about.

The Lord Enlil,

Whose decisions are unalterable,

Verily did speed to separate Heaven from Earth

So that the Created Ones could come forth;

Verily did speed to separate Earth from Heaven.

In the "Bond Heaven-Earth" he made a gash,

So that the Created Ones could come up

From the Place-Where-Flesh-Sprouted-Forth.

Against the "Land of Pickax and Basket," Enlil fashioned a marvelous weapon named AL.A.NI ("ax that produces power"). This weapon had a "tooth," which, "like a one-horned ox," could attack and destroy large walls. It was by all descriptions some kind of a huge power drill, mounted on a bulldozer-like vehicle that crushed everything ahead of it:

The house which rebels against the Lord,

The house which is not submissive to the Lord,

The AL.A.NI makes it submissive to the Lord.

Of the bad ... , the heads of its plants it crushes;

Plucks at the roots, tears at the crown.

Arming his weapon with an "earth splitter," Enlil launched the attack:

The Lord called forth the AL.A.NI, gave its orders.

He set the Earth Splitter as a crown upon its head,

And drove it into the Place-Where-Flesh-Sprouted-Forth.

In the hole was the head of a man;

From the ground, people were breaking through

towards Enlil.

He eyed his Black-headed Ones in steadfast fashion.

Grateful, the Anunnaki put in their requests for the arriving Primitive Workers and lost no time in putting them to work:

The Anunnaki stepped up to him,

Raised their hands in greetings,

Soothing Enlil's heart with prayers.