Marduk

Champion who slew Tiamat and became king of the gods; patron of Babylon.

Parentage

• parent: Enki

Children

• Nabu

Domains

• kingship of gods
• storm
• creation

Powers

• Slaying Tiamat and splitting her to form heaven and earth
• Annihilating and restoring a constellation by command alone
• Ordaining the stars, months and stations of the gods

Epithets

• Bēl akkadian · Bel · cultThe Lord; the standard appellation of Marduk as king of the godsEnuma Elish VI-VII; cf. Hdt. 1.181 (Bel of Babylon) (primary)
• Asalluḫi akkadian · Asalluhi · cultThe healing/exorcist god; Marduk as the magician son of EaEnuma Elish VII.140; incantation series (e.g. Marduk-Ea dialogues) (primary)
• Marūtukku akkadian · Marutukku · literaryRefuge of the land; the first of the Fifty NamesEnuma Elish VI.135-137 (primary)
• Lugaldimmerankia akkadian · Lugaldimmerankia · literaryKing of the gods of heaven and earth; one of the Fifty NamesEnuma Elish V.112; VII.95 (primary)
• Tutu akkadian · Tutu · literaryCreator of renewal; the god who restores the sanctuaries (Fifty Names)Enuma Elish VII.9-32 (primary)
• Bēl mātāti akkadian · Bel matati · literaryLord of the lands; sovereign of all the countries (the fiftieth name, Enlil's)Enuma Elish VII.136 (Ea grants Marduk his own name) (primary)
• Nēberu akkadian · Neberu · literaryThe Crossing (Ford of heaven); the star (Jupiter) that fixes the stations of the godsEnūma Eliš VII.124–131 (primary)
• Šazu akkadian · Shazu · literaryWho knows the heart of the gods, who perceives the inmost mindEnūma Eliš VII.35 (primary)
• Enbilulu akkadian · Enbilulu · literaryLord of abundance; god of rivers, canals, and irrigationEnūma Eliš VII.57–61 (primary)
• Asaru akkadian · Asaru · literaryBestower of cultivation; creator of grain and green growing thingsEnūma Eliš VII.1–2 (primary)
• Sirsir akkadian · Sirsir · literaryWho heaped a mountain over Tiamat; subduer of the deepEnūma Eliš VII.70–74 (primary)
• Bēl-mātāti Akkadian · Bel-matati · cultLord of the landsEnuma Elish, Tablet VI-VII (the fifty names of Marduk) (primary)

Relations

• interpretatio: ZeusReciprocal of greek_hesiod_zeus.interpretatio — Herodotus names Marduk's Esagila/ziggurat precinct 'Zeus Belos'. Preserves kingship over the gods; breaks on Marduk's earned, assembly-conferred sovereignty vs Zeus's inherited succession.Herodotus, Histories 1.181 (temple of 'Zeus Belos' at Babylon) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Enūma Eliš, Tablet I, IV (primary)