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「イナンナは農夫を好む」（[http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr40833.htm%204.0.8.3.3 ETCSL 4.0.8.3.3]）という詩は、イナンナとウトゥのちょっと戯れた会話から始まり、ウトゥは彼女に結婚する時期が来たことを徐々に明かしていく<ref>Kramer, 1961, page101</ref><ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pages30–49</ref>。彼女は農夫のエンキムドゥと羊飼いのドゥムジに言い寄られる<ref>Kramer, 1961, page101</ref>。当初、イナンナは農夫を好んでいたが<ref>Kramer, 1961, page101</ref>、ウトゥとドゥムジは、農夫が彼女に与えることができる贈り物に対して、羊飼いはもっと良いものを与えることができると主張して、ドゥムジが夫としてふさわしいと次第に説得していく<ref>Kramer, 1961, pages102–103</ref>。結局、イナンナはドゥムジと結婚する<ref>Kramer, 1961, pages102–103</ref>。羊飼いと農夫は、互いに贈り物をすることで仲直りした<ref>Kramer, 1961, pages101–103</ref>。サミュエル・ノア・クレイマーは、この神話を後の聖書のカインとアベルの物語と比較している。両神話は、農夫と羊飼いが神の好意をめぐって競い合い、どちらの物語も最終的には神が羊飼いを選ぶからだ<ref>Kramer, 1961, page101</ref>。

''Inanna and Enki'' (ETCSL [http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.3.1# t.1.3.1]) is a lengthy poem written in Sumerian, which may date to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112 BCE – c. 2004 BCE);{{sfn|Leick|1998|page=90}} it tells the story of how Inanna stole the sacred ''[[Me (mythology)|mes]]'' from [[Enki]], the god of water and human culture.{{sfn|Kramer|1961|page=66}} In ancient Sumerian mythology, the ''mes'' were sacred powers or properties belonging to the gods that allowed human civilization to exist.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=130}} Each ''me'' embodied one specific aspect of human culture.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=130}} These aspects were very diverse and the ''mes'' listed in the poem include abstract concepts such as [[Truth]], [[Victory]], and Counsel, technologies such as [[writing]] and [[weaving]], and also social constructs such as [[law]], priestly offices, kingship, and [[prostitution]]. The ''mes'' were believed to grant power over all the aspects of [[civilization]], both positive and negative.{{sfn|Kramer|1961|page=66}}