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    1) The document describes the primordial context and creation myths of ancient Mesopotamia, beginning with primordial beings like Apsu and Tiamat in chaos. 2) It then details conflicts between the younger gods, led by Ea, and the older gods like Apsu and Tiamat. 3) Faced with Tiamat's forces and monsters, the gods elect Marduk as their king to defeat Tiamat in battle and create order from chaos.

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    1) The document describes the primordial context and creation myths of ancient Mesopotamia, beginning with primordial beings like Apsu and Tiamat in chaos. 2) It then details conflicts between the younger gods, led by Ea, and the older gods like Apsu and Tiamat. 3) Faced with Tiamat's forces and monsters, the gods elect Marduk as their king to defeat Tiamat in battle and create order from chaos.

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    Enuma Elish

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    1) The document describes the primordial context and creation myths of ancient Mesopotamia, beginning with primordial beings like Apsu and Tiamat in chaos. 2) It then details conflicts between the younger gods, led by Ea, and the older gods like Apsu and Tiamat. 3) Faced with Tiamat's forces and monsters, the gods elect Marduk as their king to defeat Tiamat in battle and create order from chaos.

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    I Primordial Context: Chaos and the Void:

    Apsu(thesweetwater,thelake,theabyss),Tiamat(thebitterwater),andMummu (mist/entropy).
    The Theogony: LahmuandLahamu(silt). AnsharandKishar(horizonlines). Anu(sonofAnsharandKishar:emptyheaven). Ea(sonofAnu:intellect,wisdom,strength). Conflict and Resolution 1: WarfareamongtheyoungergodsinthebellyofTiamat. Apsu,angered,plansdestructionwiththeadviceofMummu. EadiscoversApsu'splansandstrikes:ApsudrownedandMummulockedaway. Eaconstructshishomeandshrineontheabyss(apsu)andliveswithDamkina. Birth of Marduk: MardukborntoEaandDamkina:wise,active,beautiful,foureyesandears,long stridinglimbs,lips,andtongue. Conflict and Resolution 2: WindscreatedbyAnu. ThegodsareangeredandappealtoTiamat. Tiamat,theOldHag,fashionsmonsters. Kingu,thelaborer,iselevatedtoTiamat'shusbandandprovidedtheTabletsofFate. II Conflict and Resolution 2:

    Tiamatplanswar. EadiscoversTiamat'splanandgoestoAnshar,hisfather'sfather. EafailstoconfrontTiamat. AnucalledbyAnshar. AnufailstoconfrontTiamat. AnsharandEagotoMarduk. Mardukenthronedasking:hiswordislaw,hisdecreesenduring.


    III Conflict and Resolution 2:

    AnsharsendsKakadowntotheprimordialsediments,toLahmuandLahamu, toenlisttheirsupportforMardukagainstTiamat. LahmuandLahamu,andallthegodsthatdeterminethenatureoftheworld andthingstocome,cametotheHalloftheSynod,feast,drink,andsettle thefateofMarduk.


    IV Conflict and Resolution 2:

    Marduk,performingmagic,isinvestedwiththepowersoftheKingoftheUniverse: scepterandthrone. Mardukcreatesabowandarrows,andamace;lightningappears;anetismade; Imhullu,thetempest,israisedup;Abuba,thetornado,isliftedup;Marduk mountshischariot. KingufaltersinthefaceofMarduk'sassault. Tiamat,chargedwithwrongfulelevationofKinguoverAnu,isdefeatedinsingle combat. Tiamat'sfollowersdispersed;Kingumadethegodofdeath;theTablesofFatetaken. Tiamat'scarcassisbledandsplit,withtheupperhalfbecomingthearcofthesky, thelowerhalfbecomingthewatersoftheearth,sittingatoptheapsu(abyss),which hesurveyedandmarkedin. Eshara,theGreatPalace,isconstructedtobeearthlyimageofthefirmament. Anu,Enlil,andEaaregiventheirrightfulstations.
    V Cosmogony:

    Mardukcreatestheuniverse: firsttheheavenlyelements:consellations,year,pole,moon,andsun. then,fromTiamat,theelementsofearth:clouds,mountains,TigrisandEuphrates. thenhebuilttemplesanddistributedhonorsamongthegods. MardukannouncestothegodsthathehasbuiltEarthasthemirrorofHeaven,and hereinBabylon,hewillbuildhisbelovedhome.


    VI Cosmogony:

    ManiscreatedfromthebloodofKingu,andenslavedbyEa. Mardukassignsthegodstheirstations. TheAnunnaki,thefallengods,buildaziggarut,Esagila,TallBabelTower, whereinaretoresideMarduk,Ea,andEnlil. Feastingamongthegodscommemoratestheconstruction. TheHymnoftheFiftyNamesofMarduk.


    VII Cosmogony:

    TheHymnoftheFiftyNamesofMardukcontinued.

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