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Tiamat Mesopotamian creature

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Also: the Sea · the Primordial Mother · the Dragon

The primordial saltwater ocean personified as a dragon-goddess of chaos — mother of the first gods, slain by Marduk to make the world.

Relationships

enemy: Marduk

Appears in

The Enūma Eliš (Babylonian Creation)