Once thought to be based on
the ancient Babylonian god Ea, it is now known that Oannes is in fact based on Uan (Adapa) - the first of the seven antediluvian sages or Abgallu (in Sumerian Ab=water, Gal=Great, Lu=man), who were sent by Ea to deliver the arts of civilization to mankind
in ancient Sumerian mythology, at Eridu, the oldest city of Sumer." -- Reference Wikipedia.org back to 176)
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