Tiamat saw Marduk and began to revile him, and when he challenged her to battle she flew into a rage 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 6
- 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
Tiamat saw Marduk and began to revile him, and when he challenged her to battle she flew into a rage and attempted to overthrow him by reciting an incantation, thinking that her words of power would destroy his strength
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyTiamat saw Marduk and began to revile him, and when he challenged her to battle she flew into a rage and attempted to overthrow him by reciting an incantation, thinking that her words of power would destroy his strength. Her spell had no effect on the god, who at once cast his net over her. At the same moment he made a gale of foul wind to blow on her face, and entering through her mouth it filled her body; whilst her body was distended he drove his spear into her, and Tiamat split asunder, and her womb fell out from it. Marduk leaped upon her body and looked on her followers as they attempted to escape. But the Four Winds which he had stationed round about Tiamat made all their efforts to flee of no effect. Marduk caught all the Eleven allies of Tiamat in his net, and he trampled upon them as they lay in it helpless.
Historical context
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Modern context
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