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108 tempted Eve Nahash, translated "Serpent," but literally meaning "He Who Solves Secrets" and "He Who Knows Metals," the ex- act parallels of the god's name in the Sumerian depiction. This de- piction is of further interest because it shows the Serpent God with his hands and feet in tethers, suggesting that Enki was arrested af- elt a ta aaa ter his unauthorized deed. In his anger Enlil ordered the expulsion of The Adam—the Homo sapiens Earthling—from the E.DIN ("The Abode of the Righteous Ones"). No longer confined to the settlements of the Anunnaki, Man began to roam the Earth. "And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain . . . and she bore again his brother Abel." The gods were no longer alone on Earth. THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN Little did the Anunnaki then know the role that the Primitive Worker would play in the wars between them.