1] begins with a description of the Creation and then goes on to describe a Flood, and there is little doubt…
- 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 8
- 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
1] begins with a description of the Creation and then goes on to describe a Flood, and there is little doubt that certain passages in this text are the originals of the Babylonian version as given in the Seven Tablets
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention only1] begins with a description of the Creation and then goes on to describe a Flood, and there is little doubt that certain passages in this text are the originals of the Babylonian version as given in the Seven Tablets. In the Story of ZIUSUDU, however, there is no mention of any Dragon. And there is reason to think that the Legend of the Dragon had originally nothing whatever to do with the Creation, for the texts of fragments of two distinct Accounts [2] of the Creation describe a fight between a Dragon and some deity other than Marduk. In other Accounts the Dragon bears a strong resemblance to the Leviathan of Psalm civ, 26; Job xli, 1. In the one text he is said to be 50 _biru_ [3] in length, and 1 _biru_ in thickness; his mouth was 6 cubits (about 9 feet) wide, and the circumference of his ears 12 cubits (18 feet). He was slain by a god whose name is unknown, and the blood continued to flow from his body for three years, three months, one day and one night. In the second text the Dragon is 60 _biru_ long and his thickness is 30 _biru_; the diameter of each eye is half a _biru_, and his paws are 20 _biru_ long.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis is a passage from a historical religious or interpretive text. Its genre, manuscript history, translation and place within its own tradition are part of the evidence and must remain visible.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice can compare the passage's descriptive features with later reports, but resemblance does not turn a vision, angel, mythic creature or sacred narrative into a modern incident report.
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