The Sumerian paradise of Dilmun was a land where predators lived in peace with prey

In the Sumerian myth 'Enki and Ninhursag', Dilmun is depicted as a holy, 'clean' and 'bright' land where the lion does not kill and the wolf does not seize the lamb. Located on the trade routes of the Persian Gulf—modern-day Bahrain—Dilmun was a place where sickness and old age did not exist. It was here that the sun god Utu brought fresh water from the earth to turn a parched landscape into a lush garden of the gods.