Tiamat

Tiamat is a goddess in the Babylonian mythology. It embodies the salt water and forms the counterpart to her husband Abzu, the fresh water.

Genealogy

The husband of Tiamat is Absu, their children include Lachmu, Lachamu and Qingu.

Name

After Jacobsen is the name of Akkadian Tiamat ti'amtum (status absolutum ) tâmtum later to derive "sea".

Myths

In Enuma Eliš the young gods Tiamat and Apzu awaken with their noise and their goings, and Apzu wants to destroy the disturbers of the peace, the unwillingness of Tiamat. After Apzu has been killed by the god Ea / Enki, swears revenge Tiamat and joins forces with her son Qingu, she gives great power. Together with an army of monsters they want to fight their children's children, they send her but Marduk, son of Ea, contrary. He kills Qingu and also defeated Tiamat in single combat, it splits and forms the halves of the heavens and the earth.

Equating

The Omorka of Berossus, the Chaldean name it as thamte indicating lake, is often equated with Tiamat.

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