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Emergence of gods in Enūma Eliš (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



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creation of the universe
gods
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Akkadian poetry

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Enūma Eliš 1.7-16:
When no gods at all had been brought forth, when they had not (yet) been called by names, (and their) destinies had not been been fixed, (at that time) were the gods created within them (= Apsu and Tiamat). Lahmu and Lahamu came into being; they were called by names. Even before they had been grown up (and) become tall, Anšar and Kišar were created, they surpassed them (in stature). They lived many days, adding years (to days). Anu was their heir presumptive, the rival of his fathers; Anšar made Anu, his offspring, his equal. And Anu begot Nudimmud, his likeness.

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Enūma Eliš 1.7-16

Bibliography

Foster 1993, 354Foster, Benjamin. Before the Muses. Ann Arbor: CDL Press 1993.
Heidel 1951, 18Heidel, Alexander. The Babylonian Genesis. The Story of Creation. Chicago: Chicago University Press 1951 (second edition).

Amar Annus


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