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u/Nieros · 3 pointsr/mythology

Seconding Kramer, that guy is THE authority on Sumerian Myths. I only recently got my hands on 'Myths of Enki, The Crafty God' If your local college library has a copy go check it out. It had one printing and as far as I'm aware was never digitized... so it costs this much now. https://www.amazon.com/Myths-Enki-Crafty-Samuel-Kramer/dp/0195055020

On the other side... The pagan gods in the Slavic regions were largely stamped out by Christianity, and as far as I know we don't have much in the way of primary source on strict religious beliefs. Not to say we don't have a MASSIVE body of Russian folklore/legend/myth, because we do. It's just hard to parse out a complete mythology because of the thick layer that christianity laid down in the region. You'll still see mentions of Perun and other 'gods' or In some instances Jesus having facets that were thought to be attributed to one god or another. Jack V. Haney is the primary authority in the English speaking world - he's done some good translation(s) of Afanas'ev, who was the Russian equivalent of the Grim brothers. As well as a massive collection which encompasses the entire Aarne Thompson classification index(!).

u/Nocodeyv · 3 pointsr/pagan

>Could you recommend good resources on the Sumerian side?

Unfortunately, much of the best available material for Sumerian religion is academic in nature. It can at times be quite dry reading. If you're alright with that though, and depending on what topics within Sumerian religion you're interested in, my favorite authors are:

  • Dina Katz: 1
  • Jeremy Black: 1, 2
  • Samuel Noah Kramer: 1, 2, 3
  • Thorkild Jacobsen: 1, 2
  • Tzvi Abusch: 1

    Anything from these authors is excellent material, and some of my favorites are linked to above.

    There's also a massive amount of material on academia.edu if you search for Mesopotamia, Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, etc. Some of the best current material is there under Alan Lenzi, Dina Katz, Gonzalo Rubio, Peeter Espak, and others.

    It's also worth pointing out that anything by Joshua Free, Michael Ford, and Zacharia Sitchin should be avoided at all costs. Those authors are absolute rubbish.

    If you have more specific questions as well, you're always welcome to stop by /r/Sumer, the board myself and some others have set up for those of us interested in all forms of Mesopotamian Reconstruction.

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