High Priestess of Ur, the World’s First Author, Enheduanna

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The first recorded author in all of human history was a woman, a high priestess, her name was Enheduanna. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: The Complete Poems of Enheduanna, the World's First Author by Sophus Helle; Enheduanna.org. Things The Mesopotamians Did First; Very Baseline Ancient Iraq Bits: Wikipedia: Akkadian Empire; Mesopotamia.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	When it comes to hiring, the best way to search a candidate isn't to search at all.
0:12.6	Don't search.
0:13.5	Match with Indeed.
0:15.0	Indeed is your matching and hiring platform
0:17.1	with over 350 million global monthly visitors
0:20.1	according to Indeed Data and matching technology that helps you find quality candidates fast.
0:25.2	Ditch the busy work. Use indeed for scheduling, screening and messaging to connect with candidates faster.
0:30.6	And indeed doesn't just help you hire faster 75% of employers claim indeed
0:35.6	delivers the highest quality matches compared to other online job sites leveraging
0:40.2	over 140 million qualifications and preferences daily.
0:44.4	Indeed's matching engine is constantly learning from your preferences.
0:48.0	So the more you use indeed, the better it gets.
0:51.0	Join more than 3.5 million businesses worldwide that use Indeed to hire great talent
0:56.2	fast.
0:57.2	Join today by heading to Indeed.com slash Podcats 9 and get a 100 pound sponsored job credit. That's
1:05.0	indeed dot-com slash P-O-D-T-Z nine.
1:08.0	Terms and conditions apply.
1:10.0	Everyone in our country has a voice.
1:12.0	It's something that says not just where you come from, but who you are.
1:16.0	Welcome to NPR's Black Stories, Black Truths, a collection of podcasts and a celebration of the hosts in journalism who've always
1:24.3	spoken truth to power. Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the
1:29.5	Black experience and stories should never be about us without us.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Liv Albert, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Liv Albert and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.