Atrahasîs: la herencia de Mesopotamia a las demarcaciones culturales de la antigua Gaia

Abstract

Abstract: The Atraḫasîs poem is characterized for being one of the maximum exponents of the intellectual works of the civilizations of the Idigna and the Buranunu, hence, through this research the legacy of the epic of the Very Wise and the Mesopotamian literary compositions to the various cultures of the earthly orb is defined, manifesting the Mesopotamian origin of the creation myths of the human being and the cosmos, as well as the universal deluge. Thus, the seedbed of these conceptions is established in the cuneiform sources belonging to the cradle of civilization, presenting a rich corpus of their sapiential texts referring to the above mentioned themes. And by means of a research method based on the comprehensive and critical treatment of the totality of the writings approached, this compendium of wedges coming from the Tigris and the Euphrates is given the relevance it deserves, enabling the determination of its hereditary character present even in the technological canons of the XXI century through the folklore of different countries, as well as in passages coined in religious doctrines through their consecrated books.