Noah Primeval (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Noah: A warrior patriarch of a nomadic clan who refuses to worship the pagan gods of the land. But he is also a proud man, who prefers to avoid evil and be left alone so he can live in peace with his tribe. But he can have no peace because the fallen angels have discovered the revelation of Enoch and believe him to be the Chosen One to bring an end to their reign of terror. Noah goes on the classical hero’s journey to rediscover a life of faith in a world of evil that has impending doom.
• The Watchers: Sons of God fallen to earth who seek to rule as gods and enslave mankind with global plans.
• The Nephilim: The unholy offspring of the fallen angels with human wives. They are giants as tall as 15 feet high who are mighty warriors, demigods who do the bidding of the gods. An elite team of Nephilim assassins are commissioned to hunt down Noah, the Chosen One to end the rule of the gods, and kill him in order to foil the revelation of God and consolidate the power of the “gods” over the earth and mankind. They are called “the seed of the Serpent” and will be the main vehicle through which the fallen angels will seek to accomplish their goal of world dominion.
• Lugal-anu: The Priest-king of the city-state Erech and its god Anu, who killed Noah’s tribe, captured Noah’s wife Emzara, and is trying to kill Noah because he is the Chosen One to end the rule of the gods. Lugal-anu is a man caught between worlds. He is a pagan ruler with all power, but he craves the very innocence and intimacy that Emzara has, so he is willing to patiently seek to woo her over time to become his queen.
• Emzara: Noah’s faithful wife. Emzara is captured by the evil forces of the pagan priest-king Lugal-anu who tries to seduce her into being his queen over the city of Erech. Emzara is an honorable woman who loves her husband and family with passionate loyalty. But when she thinks her family and husband are dead, she is tempted by the majesty and splendor of a grand kingdom. Will she remain true or will she give in to the seduction?
• Uriel: Noah’s Guardian archangel. Uriel is a powerful warrior angel who is handsome and skilled at the art of war. But he is also a bit of a sarcastic sidekick to Noah, because he does not have a lot of respect for Noah and does not do a good job of persuading Noah to accept his calling. Uriel becomes a bodyguard who trails Noah, protecting him from his own mistakes and hubris, but he also has a thing or two to learn about God’s mysterious will.
• Methuselah: The oldest man on earth at over 900 years old. Grandfather and mentor of Noah who has had visions of Enoch’s prophecy from God. Methuselah is a curmudgeon who is more sensitive to God than Noah and whose job it is to convince Noah to accept his calling to build the ark. He is very witty and can still handle a battle axe. He just needs to have a nap every now and then.
• Anu and Inanna: The chief god of the land and his consort goddess. They preside over the city Erech. Actually, they are fallen angels from God’s own divine council who seek to overthrow God’s kingdom by polluting mankind and creation through occultic sorceries, idolatry and the breeding of Nephilim, the giant warriors that resulted from interbreeding with angels and human woman. But they are also part of a pantheon who have petty squabbles amongst themselves in the quest for power. Their goal is to find Noah and kill him because Enoch’s prophecy is that Noah will end their rule as gods and bring judgment upon the earth.
• Ham: Noah’s son who is born to Emzara in captivity and becomes a priest of the pagan goddess Inanna. He is a man who is torn between two worlds. His legacy is Noah and Emzara’s faith in God, but he has been raised by Lugal-anu, and Noah has been absent so he is drawn into the deadly seduction of idol worship. Will he repent and accept his true identity as a son of Noah and his beloved mother, Emzara, or will he stay corrupted by the world and the flesh? His lineage would prove to be fateful for Noah and the human race.
• Raphael: Add a description of this character.
• Alittum
• Havah
• Cain
• Leviathan
• Queen of Heaven
• Eden
• Hannah
• Nindannum
• Daduri
• Japheth
• Lemuel
• Mikael
• Lord Lugalanu
• Shem
• Sedeq
• Utu
• Edna
• Enki
• Enoch
• Jubal
• Lamashtu
• David
• Adam
• Gabriel
• Shafat
• Shazira
• Rahab
• Murashu
• Neela
• Adatanes
• Abraham
• Nergal
• Ninhursag
• Salah al Din
• Nachash
• Nanna
• Jabal
• Mal’ak
• Ereshkigal
• Betenos
• Lamech

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• “This was not a hunt for food by Noah and his men. Humans don’t eat evil, they destroy it.”

  Noah

• “But Elohim is an evil god. He is a jealous and bitter old spirit. This so-called “creator of heaven and earth” has hidden from mankind the secrets which you see before you this day. He has sought to keep humankind in bondage to ignorance, jealous of allowing them to become enlightened like himself. He has sought to keep everyone and everything separate. He separated light from dark, he separated heaven from earth, human from animal, male from female, man from god. That is a rather selfish deity, would you not agree? But I bring new hope and change. I want to undo the separation, to erase the distinctions between creatures. I want to make all things into One. By combining my seed with human seed, I will fundamentally transform humankind. I will create man in my image rather than in Elohim’s image. I will give man his proper destiny. I will make man into a god.”

  Anu

• “Lord, why me? {looking at Noah) Why him?”

  Uriel

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• The Great Cedar Forest: On the outskirts of Southern Sumeria, Noah's tribe hides out in this lush vegetative ancient forest. It's teeming with animal life and the opposite of the world of the cities.
• Erech: One of the most ancient cities of the civilization of Sumer. It is in the southern regions, but upriver from the gulf waters. It is the reigning city of power, the residence of the chief god, rascally Anu and his consort, the sexy and volatile Inanna. This city represents the organizing sophistication of the Watchers as they seek to build unto themselves great fiefdoms of power in their plan to rage against Elohim.
• Arabian Desert: This is the deathly land of sand and storm. The Thamud live there in a city carved out of the cliffs. Noah is chased through the canyons of sand by the assassin Nephilim.
• Sheol: The land of the dead where all are forgotten, and no one who visits ever returns. It is underneath the earth and underneath the Abyss of the waters. The Rephaim, mighty dead Nephilim kings reign there as well as the "shades," the souls of the dead who have an eternal hunger.
• Hidden Valley: Somewhere in the Zagros mountains. This is a paradisaical location that reminds Noah of Eden and is hidden away in a location where the city dwellers are afraid to go. One of the reasons is because it is guarded by Behemoth, a monster so terrifying, it's roar alone will drop men dead in their tracks.
• Mount Hermon: In the norther regions of the Levant. This is the holy mountain where the sons of God first came down from heaven. It is a connecting point between heaven and earth, and Sheol. And Ereshkigal, the god of the dead has her temple there, protecting the entrance to Sheol with the Seven Gates of Ganzir.
• Elohim
• Israel
• Neela
• Psa
• Bashan
• Ugaritic
• Canaan
• Semjaza
• New York
• Shazira
• Naphil
• White Temple
• Babylon
• Hades
• Sodom
• Sumer
• Ninhursag
• Kur

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Pride versus Faith: Pride leads to a fall. But the opposite of pride is not humility, but faith, trust in God. Pride is the ultimate trust in one's self. This is a theme that weaves through much of the story. The Watchers seek to be gods, the ultimate in pride. But Noah seeks to be left alone from anyone's control, even Elohim, the creator God. Noah must reach the deepest depths of Sheol before he faces his own need for faith. Emzara, Noah's wife is actually the most faithful to her God and to the memory of her husband, who she believes is dead. Uriel may be a guardian angel, but he still has a lot to learn about trust. He has a hard time understanding God's mysterious ways and accepting them.
• Freedom and Slavery: Of course, freedom and slavery are not just physical experiences, but spiritual ones as well. Noah is a "self-made" man, an entrepreneur type who wants to be left alone by the world to do his own thing, love his own family and enjoy his life. But evil does not let anyone alone, and he soon learns that when good men do nothing, evil prospers, and it will not leave you alone. You must fight evil, you cannot avoid it and "be left alone."
• Purity and Corruption: This theme has multiple manifestations. One is the notion of separation and mixing. God creates through separation: Creation from Creator, heaven from earth, male from female, human from divine, human from animal. The Watchers rebel against the Creator by destroying distinctions and blending that which should not be blended; The human with divine, the human with animals, male and female.But there is also a notion of integrity and compromise. Will Emzara compromise her faith and love for Noah in order to save her son or her own life? WIll Ham sacrifice his own father for the father who adopted him and raised him? Will Lugal-anu be able to own the purity of Emzara by choice or by force?

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Enoch Primordial.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Brian Godawa (Author)

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction › Biblical

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• Noah Primeval Website

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