Tiamat
Mesopotamian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Primordial saltwater chaos-goddess, mother and adversary of the gods.
Children
Domains
- salt sea
- primordial chaos
Powers
- Spawning eleven monstrous creatures for war
- Being the boundless saltwater body slain to form the cosmos
Relations
- spouse: ApsuReciprocal of mesopotamian_apsu.spouse — Primordial freshwater abyss; consort of the saltwater Tiamat; together the parents of the first gods.Enuma Elish, Tablet I.1-10 (Apsu the begetter and Tiamat who bore them all, their waters commingling) (primary)
- killed by: MardukSaltwater chaos-mother; slain by Marduk, her body forming sky and earth. Her consort-bond to Apsu and motherhood of Kingu/Lahmu are carried by those parties.Enuma Elish, Tablet IV.93-104 (Marduk pierces Tiamat with the wind and arrow and splits her body to form the cosmos) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Enūma Eliš, Tablet I (primary)