ASMR Enuma Elish: Babylon and its Creation Myth
Are you in the mood for some mythology? Let's look at an ancient creation myth from one of the cradles of civilisation, Mesopotamia. The Babylonian story tells about Marduk, the greatest god in the pantheon, and how he created the world by slaying Tiamat, a sea-monster and mother of all other gods. The tablets with the text were found during excavations in the 18th century, but some parts of the story lived on since ancient times, through a retelling in the Genesis.
And yes, I did first learn about Enuma Elish from a metal band.
Small correction: Tiamat's army leader is called Kingu, not Kinshu.
Sources:
Hölzel Universalatlas
Faulmann: Schriftzeichen und Alphabete aller Zeiten und Völker. (in German)
And the translation of Enuma Elish I've used is this one:
https://ia600707.us.archive.org/16/items/Holy-Books/EnumaElish.pdf
Further sources:
For more info, I recommend Christine Hayes "The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Genesis 1-4 in Context" (part of a longer lecture series on the Old Testament)
https://youtu.be/ANUD8IK12ms
In German, you can listen to the podcast "Die Bibel in ihrer Welt" by Tim Weinheimer. There are two episodes specifically on Enuma Elish, plus info on for example Gilgamesh, Sumerian Kings, Atra Hasis etc.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ba4A6HUtOgazHfVqhJ2dK?si=2568e1b4524b4e35
Full text of Enuma Elish with translation:
https://www.ebl.lmu.de/corpus/L/1/2/SB/I
Or if you'd like to listen to it in reconstructed Akkadian:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/baplar/recordings
Nail polish:
Essie Love, putting myself first
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