The Flood in Atrahasis

In Atrahasis, on the other hand, there is no original sin. We work because that's what we're made for. It's no punishment. The description of how, quote, the inhabited lands raised a howl like a bellowing bull are repeated again and again in the Babylonian story. To Babylon's gods, humankind wasn't evil, disappointing, or vile. We were actually just kind of annoying.