 Utu was believed to take an active role in human affairs, and was thought to aid those in distress.In one of his earliest appearances in literature, in the "Myth of Etana", written before the conquest of Sargon of Akkad ( 2334–2284 BC), the hero Etana invokes Utu to help his wife conceive a child.In the Sumerian poem "The Dream of Dumuzid", Utu intervenes to rescue Inanna's husband Dumuzid from the "galla" demons who are hunting him.