Enūma Eliš (Akkadian Cuneiform: 𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening...

the former in the Enūma Eliš. Anshar's role in the conventional genealogy of Anu resulted in his incorporation into the Enūma Eliš. The text does not...

variant of Uanna), is said to have taught humans the creation myth, the Enūma Eliš. The term apkallu has multiple uses, but usually refers to some form of...

Karen (2012). "The Tablet of Destinies and the Transmission of Power in Enūma eliš". Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near...

Marduk, replaced Enlil as the head of the mythological pantheon. The Enûma Eliš, a creation myth epic was an original Babylonian work. In it, Apsu and...

Karen (2012). "The Tablet of Destinies and the Transmission of Power in Enūma eliš". Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near...

(apsû) is depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enūma Eliš, taken from the library of Assurbanipal (c. 630 BCE) but which is about...

the Anunnaki mourn over the destruction of humanity. In the Babylonian Enûma Eliš, Marduk assigns the Anunnaki their positions. A late Babylonian version...

He was a prominent figure in Babylonian cosmology, especially in the Enūma Eliš creation myth. The name of Marduk was solely spelled as dAMAR.UTU in the...

savage the water goddess Tiamat in the Mesopotamian story of creation Enūma Eliš. Mesopotamian prayer Ancient Mesopotamian religion Atra-Hasis Ninlil Oshima...

eastern cosmology is primarily known from cuneiform literature (such as the Enūma Eliš) and the Bible: in particular, the Genesis creation narrative as well...

describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness. Enûma Eliš (Babylonian creation myth) Eridu Genesis Greek cosmogonical myth Jamshid...

Anshar or Alala. A variant of one such family tree formed the basis of the Enūma Eliš. Anu briefly appears in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, in which his daughter...

came to be seen as a name of Marduk and is mentioned in this role in the Enūma Eliš. The meaning of the term bilulu is not known, but it appears in two other...

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the Hurrian pantheon. She appears in a number of myths, including the Enūma Eliš, though only a single composition, Damkina's Bond, is focused on her....

or groundwater located within the earth. In the later Babylonian epic Enûma Eliš, Abzu, the "begetter of the gods", is inert and sleepy but finds his peace...

Assyrian expository text (KAR 307), presumably dependent on Babylonian Enūma Eliš, in a paragraph discussing Tiamat states that she can be understood as...

defective manuscript that was missing those sections. Most of Tablet V of the Enūma Eliš, the Babylonian creation myth, has never been recovered. The didactic...

renamed Ninhursag after the mound. Damkina is the mother of Marduk in Enūma Eliš. Theories posit that, in earlier times, Ninhursag was the highest ranking...

representing the weather and the sea. Historically the conflict with Tiamat in Enūma Eliš was seen as a close parallel, though in more recent scholarship differences...

of the creation epic Enûma Eliš: “When Marduk fixed the locations (manzazu) of Nibiru, Enlil and Ea in the sky". The Enûma Eliš states: Nibiru is [Marduk's]...

of Nanshe. However, it most likely depends on traditions pertaining to Enūma Eliš and does not represent a separate independent tradition. As of 2017, no...

lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line in her hand." In tablet IV of the Enuma Elish, the rod and ring symbol is referenced as: "They rejoiced, and they...

doi:10.1086/369641. JSTOR 527815. Al-Rawi, F. N. H.; George, A. R. (1991). "Enūma Anu Enlil XIV and Other Early Astronomical Tables". Archiv für Orientforschung...

sea-goddess, Tiamat, battling for supreme power over the other gods, in the Enūma Eliš. It has been speculated these two characters in the Babylonian myth are...

Ninğirsu slaying the seven-headed mušmaḫḫū. In the Epic of Creation, Enûma Eliš, Tiāmat gives birth (alādu) to mythical serpents, described as mušmaḫḫū...

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the region; examples include various Ugaritic texts and the Babylonian Enūma Eliš. These influences may be either of background similarity or of contrast...

second piece onwards were taken either from an English translation of the Enūma Eliš, or were named after marine creatures featured in levels where the tracks...