Enki, the Sumerian god of the deep waters and of cunning: the maker of humankind, the god of Dilmun, the host who lost the gifts of civilisation, and the rescuer of Inanna.
The gods are tired of their own labour, so humans are made from clay to carry the baskets. Then Enki and Ninmah get drunk and turn creation into a contest: she shapes bodies no one has planned for, and he must find each of them a use.
