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    Enūma Eliš (Akkadian Cuneiform: 𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening...
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  • Anshar (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Tiamat (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
    Karen (2012). "The Tablet of Destinies and the Transmission of Power in Enūma eliš". Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near...
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  • Tablet of Destinies (mythic item) (category Enūma Eliš)
    Karen (2012). "The Tablet of Destinies and the Transmission of Power in Enūma eliš". Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near...
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  • savage the water goddess Tiamat in the Mesopotamian story of creation Enūma Eliš. Mesopotamian prayer Ancient Mesopotamian religion Atra-Hasis Ninlil Oshima...
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    Anunnaki (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
    the Anunnaki mourn over the destruction of humanity. In the Babylonian Enûma Eliš, Marduk assigns the Anunnaki their positions. A late Babylonian version...
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    Abzu (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
    (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...
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    Marduk (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
    figure in Babylonian ancient near eastern cosmology, especially in the Enūma Eliš creation myth. The name of Marduk was solely spelled as dAMAR.UTU in the...
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