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Enemies = demons (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Creation of demons 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.01 Cosmogonic and cosmological ideas 01.01.05 Emergence of chaos 01.01.05.02 Creation of demons Naram-Sin legends 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.02 Royal epics and legends 04.02.03 Naram-Sin legends	Keywords composite beings demons
Period No period specified	Channel Akkadian poetry

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Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin (NAV) 31-38:
Troops with bodies of “cave birds,” humans with raven faces did the great gods create. In the earth which the gods made was its … , Tiamat suckled them, Belet-ili their mother made (them) fair. Inside the mountain(s) they grew up, became adults, got their stature. Seven kings they were, allies, glorious in form, 360 000 were their troops.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin (NAV) 31-38

Bibliography

Foster 1993, 263-264

Foster, Benjamin. Before the Muses. Ann Arbor: CDL Press 1993.

Amar Annus

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