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Enuma elish
Enūma Eliš is a Babylonian creation myth, meaning “When on High”, and the only complete surviving one that can attest to ancient near eastern cosmology. It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, Iraq.
The myth tells the story of the great god Marduk’s victory over the forces of chaos and his establishment of order at the creation of the world. The title of the myth comes from the opening lines, “When on High”, and it is also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation.
The myth describes the creation of the world as a battle between Marduk, the chief god of the city of Babylon, and Tiamat, the elder goddess of the sea. Marduk defeats Tiamat and brings order to chaos, becoming the Lord of the Gods of Heaven and Earth. The myth is an official ritual text, recited every April on the fourth day of the Babylonian New Year festival, and it is considered an important work of ancient Mesopotamian literature.
Enūma Eliš is a Babylonian creation myth, meaning “When on High”, and the only complete surviving one that can attest to ancient near eastern cosmology. It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, Iraq.
The myth tells the story of the great god Marduk’s victory over the forces of chaos and his establishment of order at the creation of the world. The title of the myth comes from the opening lines, “When on High”, and it is also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation.
The myth describes the creation of the world as a battle between Marduk, the chief god of the city of Babylon, and Tiamat, the elder goddess of the sea. Marduk defeats Tiamat and brings order to chaos, becoming the Lord of the Gods of Heaven and Earth. The myth is an official ritual text, recited every April on the fourth day of the Babylonian New Year festival, and it is considered an important work of ancient Mesopotamian literature.