Flood Stories from Around the World
In the process, "The primeval waters of Kur rose to the surface, and as a result of their violence no fresh waters could reach the fields and gardens." [Kramer, p.
Yahweh and Dragon Stories
The names of these draconian rulers—such as Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan, Quetzal, Kishak, Kokachidra, Kuchu, Kur, and Draig in Wales—often share a common phonetic element, the "k" or "ch" sound.
Who is Enki?
Sumerian Mythology: In Sumerian mythology, the Abzu (or Apsu) is the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld (Kur) and the earth (Ma).
Sumerian King List
lu2 kur-kur mu-un-ge-na en: who the foreign lands firmed,67.
Ninmah and Enki
Samuel Noah Kramer believes that behind this myth of Enki's confinement of Abzu lies an older one of the struggle between Enki and the Dragon Kur (the underworld).