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154 between Enki and his half-sister Ninharsag pertaining to the control of Egypt and the Sinai peninsula—of the pyramids and the Spaceport. The tale's time is after Earth was apportioned between the An- unnaki, with Tilmun (the Sinai peninsula) granted to Ninharsag and Egypt to Enki's clan. It was then, the Sumerian tale relates, that Enki crossed the marshy lakes that separated Egypt and the Sinai peninsula and came unto the lonely Ninharsag for an orgy of lovemaking: To the Lady of Life, mistress of the land. Enki came unto the wise Lady of Life. He causes his phallus to water the dikes; He causes his phallus to submerge the reeds. . . He poured his semen into the great lady of the Anunnaki, poured the semen in the womb of Ninharsag; She took the semen into the womb, the semen of Enki. Enki's real intention was to obtain a son by his half-sister; but the offspring was a daughter. Enki then made love to the daughter as soon as she became "young and fair," and then to his grand- daughter. As a result of these sexual activities, a total of eight gods—six female and two male—were born. Angered by the in- cest, Ninharsag used her medical skills to sicken Enki. The Anun- naki who were with him pleaded for his life, but Ninharsag was determined: "Until he is dead, I shall not look upon him with the "Eye of Life'!" Satisfied that Enki had indeed been finally stopped. Ninurta— who went to Tilmun for inspection—returned to Mesopotamia to report the developments at a meeting attended by Enlil, Nan- na/Sin, Utu/Shamash and Inanna/Ishtar. Unsatisfied, Enlil ordered Ninurta to return to Tilmun and bring back Ninharsag with him. But in the interim, Ninharsag had pity on her brother and changed her mind. "Ninharsag seated Enki by her vulva and asked: 'My brother, what hurts thee?’ " After she cured his body part by part, Enki proposed that the two of them as masters of Egypt and the Sinai assign tasks, spouses, and territories to the eight young gods: Let Abu be the master of the plants; Let Nintulla be the lord of of Magan; Towa ante seer ATE THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN To the one who is alone. Let Ninsutu marry Ninazu;