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Card #c281IR // #c281Synthesis

Unpredictable weather scarcely affected life, and the forces of nature could be held in check, so the gods were usually compliant and democratic, taking their decisions by discussion in an assembly.

— In our words · Source: Myths from Mesopotamia (Stephanie Dalley)

[Use when]

Use when divine politics need an environmental premise.

[Why it matters]

Theology tracks ecology — stable nature yields committee gods.

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