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TiamatIn Mesopotamian mythology, a primal goddess who is a personification of salt water and the mother of the gods. When conflict between her husband, Apsu, and the other gods resulted in Apsu's death, Tiamat waged war on the other divinities, backed by an army of demons she had created. Her battle with, and defeat at the hands of, Marduk forms the substance of the Babylonian creation epic Enuma elish. From her body Marduk fashioned the heavens and the earth. Tiamat primeval sea represented as a dragon goddess, mother of all the gods. [Babylonian Myth.: Benét, 1007] See : Sea How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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By these rituals they gave strength to Marduk, the god of Babylon, to defeat the power of chaos, the evil goddess of water, Tiamat, every year and thus avert the destruction of Babylon by floods. the sea monster Tiamat from the Mesopotamian creation myths, cognate with the "deep" [Heb. Dancing under an aluminum roof pierced with plump intravenous bags, Gaud punctuated Tiamat with frenetic explosions of energy. |
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