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Ivalent, of ANU, the Sky-god, in the kingdom of darkness, for it is said in the text "Kingu was exalted and…

Date of account: Ancient material presented in a work published 1921
Source: The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
Reference: The Babylonian Legends of the Creation · selected passage 5
Rights: public_domain
Language: English translation and study of Akkadian and Sumerian source material
Translation: E. A. Wallis Budge
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

ivalent, of ANU, the Sky-god, in the kingdom of darkness, for it is said in the text "Kingu was exalted and received the power of Anu," i.e., he possessed the same power and attributes as Anu

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ivalent, of ANU, the Sky-god, in the kingdom of darkness, for it is said in the text "Kingu was exalted and received the power of Anu," i.e., he possessed the same power and attributes as Anu. When Tiamat appointed Kingu to be her captain, she recited over him a certain spell or incantation, and then she gave him the TABLET OF DESTINIES and fastened it to his breast, saying, "Whatsoever goeth forth from thy mouth shall be established." Armed with all the magical powers conferred upon him by this Tablet, and heartened by all the laudatory epithets which his wife Tiamat heaped upon him, Kingu went forth at the head of his devils.

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