The Song of the hoe, sometimes also known as the Creation of the pickaxe or the Praise of the pickaxe, is a Sumerian creation myth, written on clay tablets from the last century of the 3rd millennium BCE. == Genre == The Song of the hoe is one of several known Sumerian disputations. Other examples from this genre include: The Debate between sheep and grain; The Debate between bird and fish; the Debate between Winter and Summer; and The Debate between silver and copper, etc.
The Song of the hoe, sometimes also known as the Creation of the pickaxe or the Praise of the pickaxe, is a Sumerian creation myth, written on clay tablets from the last century of the 3rd millennium BCE. == Genre == The Song of the hoe is one of several known Sumerian disputations. Other examples from this genre include: The Debate between sheep and grain; The Debate between bird and fish; the Debate between Winter and Summer; and The Debate between silver and copper, etc.
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