Packet 1: Tossup 16

Two answers required. A man sees one of these two deities resting under a tree after going around heaven and earth in a passage contrasting his failure at an activity with the skill of a raven the other deity taught. One of these deities repeatedly asks “where are my functions?” at the end of a text titled for the other deity “and the world order.” One of these two deities appeases the other’s wrath by helping locate her rapist, the gardener Shukaletuda. One of these deities drunkenly gives the 96 mes of civilization to the other, who escapes him aboard the Boat of Heaven. One of these two deities creates (*) genderless beings from his fingernail (-5[1])dirt to help rescue the other after she is stripped at the seven gates of Ereshkigal’s underworld. For 10 points, name these two Sumerian deities, a Queen of Heaven and a water and wisdom god. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

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