CLAS 4375:  GENDER AND RACE IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS

TOPIC 11--MYTHS OF SUCCESSION

PARALLELS IN OTHER CULTURES
 

Babylonian poem.  Mythological background: Sumerian

ENUMA ELISH ("WHEN ABOVE...")

   APSU (sweet water)    TIAMAT  (salt water
                I_________I
                                 I
                          CHILDREN
                   among them:  EA
                                I
                          MARDUK
 

[ASSYRIANS ATTACK BABYLON AROUND 1200 BCE, CARRY OFF THE STATUE OF MARDUK, RECOVERED AFTER 100 YEARS]
 

In other mythologies:

ENLIL (CREATION OF EARTH)

EA (CREATION OF HUMAN RACE)

ANU (SUPREME AUTHORITY OVER OTHER GODS)

MARDUK
 


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