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The 12 pages that link to Epic of Atrahasis, each with the reason it gives.

• Epic of GilgameshCompared with: Its flood narrative shares traditions with Utnapishtim’s story but gives them a different larger frame.

• Book of GenesisCompared with: Its flood account provides a Mesopotamian comparison for the story of Noah.

• Genesis creation narrativeRelated: Its creation story offers a Mesopotamian comparison for Genesis's account of human origins.

• Old Babylonian periodRelated: Its Old Babylonian version is a major witness to the period’s literary tradition.

• EnlilRelated: Enlil’s decisions drive the story’s attempts to limit humanity and destroy it by flood.

• EnkiRelated: Ea helps Atrahasis survive the flood through a warning delivered indirectly.

• Garden of EdenRelated: Its account of human origins provides context for Genesis’s portrayal of human limits.

• AdamCompared with: Its creation from earthly material provides a Mesopotamian parallel to Adam formed from dust.

• NinhursagRelated: Its human-origins tradition offers a later Mesopotamian comparison to Sumerian creation stories.

• Flood mythBroader topic: Its flood account is an early literary source for later Mesopotamian versions.

• Mesopotamian mythologyBroader topic: It preserves an influential account of why humans exist and why the flood came.

• Enūma ElišCompared with: Its account of human origins contrasts with this epic’s focus on Marduk and cosmic order.