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120 When the Anunnaki had landed on Earth, a text titled by schol- ars The Myth of Cattle and Grain states, none of the domesticated grains or cattle had yet been in existence: When from the heights of Heaven to Earth Anu had caused the Anunnaki to come forth. Grains had not yet been Proust forth. had not yet vegetated . . Than There was no ewe, a lamb had not yet been dropped; There was no she-goat. a kid had not yet been dropped. The ewe had not yet given birth to her lambs. the she-goat had not yet given birth to her kid. Weaving [of wool] had not yet been brought forth, had not yet been established. Then, in the "Creation Chamber" of the Anunnaki, their labo- ratory for genetic manipulation, Lahar ("woolly cattle") and Anshan ("grains") "were beautifully fashioned": In those days, in the Creation Chamber of the gods, in the House of Fashioning, in the Pure Mound, Lahar and Anshan were beautifully fashioned. The abode was filled with food for the gods. Of the multiplying of Lahar and Anshan the Anunnaki, in their Holy Mound, eat- but were not satiated. The good milk from the sheepfold the Anunnaki, in their Holy Mound, drink— but are not satiated. The Primitive Workers—those who "knew not the eating of bread . . who ate plants with their mouths"—were already in ex- istence: After Anu. Enlil, Enki and Sud had fashioned the black-headed people. Vegetation that luxuriates they multiplied in the Land. Four-legged animals they artfully brought into existence; In the E.DIN they placed them. THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN