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Quoted materials from books, interviews, and communications by Anton Parks:
Copyright 2007-2009 Anton Parks
Otherwise Copyright 2007-2012 Gerry Zeitlin

Foundation of Kharsag

This website represents an effort to acquaint non-French-speaking readers with the larger themes and implications of Anton Parks' work as well as a lower-level view of the narratives of his books that are still awaiting translation beyond the original French language. At times we give simple direct translations; at other times compressed summaries. (We confess to developing these at a somewhat leisurely pace.) Where we have contributed illustrations, graphics, tables, etc., to the books themselves, these are presented here, once the books are published at least in French.

On this page we return to the narrative that was interrupted several pages back at the end of the Adjustments paragraph.

Dukug

Sa'am-Enki made his way across vast expanses of desert, heading south (remember the directions were later -- much later -- reversed) to the mountains named Dukug by Ninmah, where the Nungal had been toiling under Enlil's command and the watchful supervision of armed Mìmínu. (If necessary, review Races.) (Recall that Enlil had just decided to make Enki his Project Manager here.)

The sight of his beloved Nungal and their condition literally sickened him.

They for their part, were overjoyed to see him. He quickly had the Albarzil (mechanical drill) unloaded and put into service. He let his people know that their fortunes had changed from that moment, and to celebrate, declared a one-day holiday... much to the puzzlement and objection of the Mìmínu, whom he told to go complain to Enlil about it if it concerned them so much. (They did.)

Enki then searched for, and found, Zehuti, bent with the labor and almost at the end of his strength. They had a warm reunion, following which Enki took Zehuti and the females aboard the cargo vessel and returned to the Abzu. There, Zehuti was established in Sé'et's chamber, advised to get much-needed rest, and then given the responsibility to administer Enki's domain.

For Enki's place was to be in the Dukug with Ninmah and Enlil. To which he immediately returned in a Gigirlah.

He found them waiting at the foot of the Sacred Mountain, where the first order or business, of course, was Enki's peremptory granting of the day off to his Nungal. Enlil was looking quite imperious as he tried to dress Enki down for not coming to him first before taking such steps. However, Ninmah cut him off handily, with the advice that the Nungal were not animals and needed their rest.

Clearly Ninmah had the upper hand, and indeed Enlil was noticeably softened in her presence.

They boarded their ship and went to search for the ideal site on which to construct their new city. Ninmah wanted it to be along the edge of one of the numerous watercourses. Eventually they settled on such a place.

It was decided that Enki would be occupied with the supervision of the works while Enlil would be with the social administration of the colony.

The next day, Enki assembled most of the Annuna of double-polarity (recall that some thirty of these had already been of great assistance in the building of the Nunkiga agricultural station) and most of the specimens of the same nature from among An's troops. Essentially washed up on a savage and unknown island, possessing only rudimentary tools, and but little assisted by the technology of the Ama'argi, they would require the services of diligent workers.

As to the mode of buildings' construction, they would have to be of wooden frames from the available cedar, and vertical poles. They were too pressed to take the time for stone-cutting, and while Mam had the Abgal knowledge of stone-pouring, she could not be approached, having been ousted from the Gina'abul society.

Work began immediately on the clearing of many trees to make a large habitable zone. In this, the Anunna of double polarity performed remarkably well.

As work proceeded, Enki noticed that Ninmah's plans did not provide for exteriors to provide protection from the elements. This lack would have led to the need to rebuild every five years, which would have been unacceptable.

His solution was to provide exterior ventilation systems of copper, precious metal which he brought in from the Abzu. He would need this also for the roofs.

For the most important buildings -- Enlil's residence, the main warehouse for storing the harvests, etc. -- Enki planned walls of cut stone. The Ama'argi had great reserves of the stone and the copper that he would need.

Enki carried out rigorous explorations of the mountains, in which he encountered specimens of Ukubi (genus Homo). (These are tabulated above... see First Inhabitants.) Enlil was for systematically eliminating any of these that ventured too close to the new constructions but Ninmah and Enki dissuaded him from this, claiming that they were totally inoffensive, though Enki actually did not know for certain. The Girkù showed several tribes of Ukubi-Ádam (Homo Erectus) armed with hand weapons of wood, prepared to do battle against the Red Kingú.

The Ama'argi had such an aversion to the Kingú flesh-eaters that they had given this faculty of self-defense to some of the Ukubi, but those who strode the mountains seemed totally pacific.

Once the work got underway in the Dukug, Ninmah left for a final two-month visit to Udu'idimsa (Mars). During that time, Enlil stayed at Enki's side, passing his time verifying the progress of the work and observing Enki's least movements. But his favorite pastime consisted of surveying, with the aid of a magnifying viewer, the progress of the labor in Edin. In fact, when Enki was there near his people, he was certain that the Šàtam (territorial administrator) was obstinately spying on them.

We have numerous illustrations of this viewing platform arrangement in the Kharsag section and the associated study.

A difficulty arose. The irrigation system under construction had been intended to deliver needed water to the city and its cultures. But it was also to provide water to all the Diranna (stargates) that were spread along the length of the Edin plain. These were going to have towns too. Enlil observed and pointed out that this would result in a sinuous trajectory that would not be acceptable. "We must not build one river, Enki, but two!"

Actually Enki knew this but he had hesitated to bring it up because he wanted to spare his workers the doubling of their labors. He objected, but Enlil rapidly became upset and said this would have to be brought to the High Council. But until then, they could proceed as they were, because the first Diranna was 3 Uš (32.4 km) distant.

[Note that the precision of this placement is not 0.1 km but rather of course 1 Uš or about 10 km, along the line of a river planned 300,000 years ago, measured from a point on the ground of which we are not at all certain.]

I recalled the counsels of Mamítu just before my departure for the Dukug:

Put Namkiágna (love) in all you undertake, my son, and you will see that Namkiágna will return to you inexorably.

Her doctrines issued from Gagsisá (Sirius) seemed familiar to me but sometimes so difficult to apply.

ENKI as Master Mason A title he found absurd... The double-polarity Anunna named him Šidimgal (Master Mason). We note that the Sumerian term ŠIDIM-GAL (master mason) has the same archaic sign as the name MUŠDA (powerful reptile), habitually attributed on the tablets to Enki-Éa, sovereign of the Abzu (terrestrial abyss).

Here we move forward just a bit in the narrative...

Ninmah has returned from Udu'idimsa. All could see that the work was going well. Kharsag's buildings were incomplete but they had their roofs and the place was generally habitable. It was time to organize a ceremony in honor of the three creators of Kharsag: Ninmah, Enlil, and Enki. And this took place at a divine Assembly, which was the natural point for Enlil to present his proposal of the second river. Of course this was accepted without hesitation.

Dim'mege was present, and here she made a stupefying request:

When the work in Edin has been completed, I reclaim the responsibility for the Mášanše (livestock) and the whole of the Ádam (animals) who are charged with assisting the Gina'abul of the Dukù in their tasks of labor!

Enlil doubtless found in this an opportunity to rid himself of a task both inconvenient and without any advantage for a grand Šàtam such as he. The High Council probably thought that Dim'mege had consulted the Mardukù and had positioned herself through a rapport with him. So under the effect of the joy and the flowing alcohol, the Assembly, seized with an uncontrollable zest, accepted the request.

MUNUS-LÍL-LÁ "The female who carries the breath", understood as the breath of life. This term is the Sumerian equivalent to the Akkadian Lílitu (the Lilith of the Hebraic texts). We have already noted (see Personages) that DÌM-ME-GE6 "dark pillar" has equally for its Akkadian equivalence the name Lílitu, of which the original stems directly from the Sumerian LÍL-TI, "breath of life".

Furthermore they awarded Dim'mege the honorary title of Munuslíl'lá, denomination that did not displease her.

Here is a brief listing of the important incidents and events from the closing pages of the chapter on Kharsag's foundation and the final hours of the Assembly:

Enki ponders how he is to break it to his workers that they must dig TWO river beds.

Dim'mege assures Enki that she is not an ingrate (not clear what that means), that she has an extraordinary patience, and that he will thank his sister one day.

In a loose (drunken) moment, Ninmah reveals to Enki that Sé'et is indeed on Mars, and is engaged in helping with the harvesting of crops.

Annoyed at her verbal excess, Enlil drags Ninmah off.

As he does so, Enki taunts Enlil about being his alagni (made-in-the-laboratory creation); Enlil denies it as always. The Kuku (ancestors) who understand very well, have learned to stay off this topic.

As night descends, Kharsag is illuminated and is described as becoming quite beautiful.

Enki takes inventory of what is still needed: warehouse for foods, laboratory for Ninmah, irrigation canals, large reservoir.

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