'Tiamat' is Akkadian for the sea.[I38]
One of the three primeval trinity of gods.[I38]
She is a dragon-like monster of original chaos.[I38]
Personification of salt water.[I38]
Developed from the Sumerian Nammu.[P48]
Worshipped from c. 2000 BC to c. 200 BC.[J22]
She combined with the underground fresh waters (Apsu) and gave birth to eleven monsters[J22] (Eleven Mighty Helpers) and used them in her fight against Marduk.[O28]
Marduk later splits her in two to form heaven and the earth[I38]
In another version, she is Tauthe and the consort of Apason.[R69]
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