370 LEGENDS OF ADAPA AND OF THE FLOOD 
appear in heaven before Anu, who had noticed, or had learnt 
through his messenger,! that the South Wind had ceased, 
according to the earlier or Eridean account, to blow for seven 
days. 
Before setting out Adapa was bidden by Ea to put on 
garments of mourning to 
propitiate the two gods, 
Tammuz and_ Gishzida, 
guarding the portals of 
heaven, but was warned not 
to touch at any hazard 
what he purposely mis- 
named the “Bread of 
Death,’ or the “ Water of 
Death,’ which would be 
offered unto him.? He could, 
however, accept the garment 
and the oil when likewise 
presented. 
At the interview the 
guardian gods interceded so 
successfully with Anu that 
his wrath waned ; he granted 
a pardon, and decided that 
as Adapa had seen the in- 
terior of heaven, he should 
be added to the company of 
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mmo the gods. 
THE DEMON OF THE SOUTH-WEST WIND. He therefore commanded 
From Karl Frank, Babylonische Besch- that the ‘‘ Bread of Life’”’ 
srt Reliefs, p. 80. i yee, 
Werhtige ae Be 80 and the ‘“ Water of Life 
should be brought forth; but Adapa would neither eat nor 
drink of them, although he put on the proffered garment and 
anointed himself with the poured-out oil. And Anu, when 
he saw that Adapa had not partaken of the “ Bread of 
1 See the Nippur Poem. 
? Ea’s command sprang from the fear of losing the worship, etc. of his 
devotee, when once he had acquired immortality by eating and drinking of 
the Bread and Water of Life. 
