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    Adapa was a Mesopotamian mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality. The story, commonly known as "Adapa and the South Wind", is...
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    of Uruk a wiser king. The earliest record of myth of Adapa is from the 14th century BCE. Adapa was a Sumerian citizen who was blessed by the god Enki...
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  • Adapa is an Indian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Rambabu Adapa, American engineer Shashidhar Adapa (born 1955), Indian production designer...
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    first sage has "adapa" appended to his name. Borger notes, however, that it is difficult to believe that the half-man half-fish Adapa is the same as the...
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    Anu (section Adapa myth)
    hero Adapa before him for breaking the wing of the south wind. Anu orders for Adapa to be given the food and water of immortality, which Adapa refuses...
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  • Shashidhar Adapa (born 1 September 1955) is an Indian production designer, set designer and puppet designer, known predominantly for his work in Kannada...
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  • Rambabu Adapa from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
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    myths he usually appears in an underworld setting, though in the myth of Adapa he is instead described as one of the doorkeepers of the sky god Anu. Thorkild...
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    tradition, Me-Turan/Tell-Haddad tablet, describes Adapa as postdiluvian ruler of Eridu, in late tradition, Adapa came to be viewed as Alulim’s vizier. It was...
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  • tablet: Adapa, a man of Eridu, is depicted as an early culture hero. Although earlier tradition, Me-Turan/Tell-Haddad tablet, describes Adapa as postdiluvian...
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