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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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In the Babylonian tradition, the battle between Marduk and Tiamet leads to the creation of the cosmos out of the pieces of Tiamet's "filleted corpse. |
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