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Marduk

deity sky Babylonian corroborated · 16

Marduk defeated the serpent goddess Tiamat in the Babylonian creation myth. He used her body to create the heavens and the earth.

↻ synthesized from 16 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the Babylonian creation myth.

Relationships

enemy of
Tiamat, Enlil, gods of Eshumesha, Enmesharra, Ashur
co occurs with
rḥmn, Humban, Napirisha, Inshushinak, Anu, Damgalnuna, Ninlil, Enki, Damkina, Ea, Ereshkigal, Igigi, Madānu, Utnapishtim, Damkianna, Enlil, Tuttul Dagan, Aredvi Sura Anahita, Ištar, Nam-tar, Nabu, Ištar, Anzû, Papsukkal, Shuzianna, Shamash, Asag, Nergal, igitelû, Urash, Dagan, Sin, Adad, Zababa, Sebitti, Erimbinatuku, Nisaba, Haya, Ninsar, Enmesharra, Suen, Ninkasi, Ninimma, Ennugi, Nanibgal, Gā'u, Kusu, Ninmada, Gugalanna, Išum, Erra, Mamītum, Seven, Skanda, Ninhursag, Šulpae, Ningishzida, ancestors of Enlil, Dimmeku, dUD.AL.TAR, Sagmegar, Nēberu, Lotan, Yammu, Tunannu, Têmtum, Mithra
allied with
Nabu, Nergal, Nanaya, Zababa, Bau, Lases, Mamitu, Zarpanitu, Sutītu, Ellil, Hadad
aspect of
Anunnaki
syncretized with
Zababa, Šanta, Martu, Asalluhi
creator of
Annunaki
child of
Utu, Enki, Ea
has aspect
Shamash, Ninurta, Tishpak, Ahura Mazda
manifested by
Bel
consort of
Zarpanitum, Bêlit
served by
Mushteshirhablim, Neretagmil, Mandanu

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (15)
  1. Leviathan
  2. Rahmanan
  3. Inshushinak
  4. Marduk
  5. Anunnaki
  6. Persian Artemis
  7. Bel (mythology)
  8. Dagon
  9. Zababa
  10. Mamitu
  11. Enmesharra
  12. Ennugi
  13. Erra (god)
  14. Šanta
  15. Šulpae
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Atonement, Day of (Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)) (1906)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“The Babylonian creation myth describes Marduk's defeat of the serpent goddess Tiamat, whose body was used to create the heavens and the earth.”

#2297 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Akkadian version uses the form rēmēnȗ in the place of rḥmn, a title that was also used as an epithet for Marduk.”

#3762 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“through history it reflected the political position of Susa, similarly to how the changes in the position of Marduk in Babylonia reflected the fate of the city of Babylon.”

#11777 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Nabonassar claimed that Marduk proclaimed him lordship and had ordered him to "plunder his enemy's land" (referring to Assyria), who only ruled Babylonia due to divine anger. He claimed that he killed the Assyrian and laid waste to his lands by the command of Marduk and Nabu and with the weapons of Erra”

#12013 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the Babylonian Enûma Eliš, Marduk assigns the Anunnaki their positions...the Anunnaki, the "Great Gods", build Esagila, a "splendid" temple dedicated to Marduk, Ea, and Ellil”

#14903 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5