Friday, April 29, 2011
The Enuma Elish
The Enuma Elish is a sparagmos Creation myth. it speaks of Anshar and Kishar getting together and becoming the parents of Anu, and Anu the parent of Ea. the kids were rowdy and the Goddess Timat became annoyed at thier behavor and tried to get them to stop but they would not. it eventually came to a war between Timat and her monsters vs the kids. Mardock, one of the kids, beat Timat and her army as punishment for the her doing her acts they broke her up into many different peices and made the world from them.Tiamat's saliva became the clouds, her head became the moutains. Mardock then split up the gods for them all to rule over different areas of the earth.
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