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Godchecker guide to Tiamat (also known as Tiamay), the Babylonian Goddess of Creation from Mesopotamian mythology. The Primordial Dragon Goddess of Creative Chaos

TIAMAT - the Babylonian Goddess of Creation (Mesopotamian mythology) God of the Day Popular Gods Resources Help! THE PANTHEONS FIND GODS African gods Australian Aboriginal Aztec gods Baltic gods Buddhist gods Canaanite gods Caribbean gods Celtic gods Chinese gods Egyptian gods Etruscan gods Finnish gods Germanic gods Greek gods Hawaiian gods Hindu gods Hittite gods Inca gods Indonesian gods Japanese gods Latvian gods Lithuanian gods Maori gods Maya gods Melanesian gods Mesoamerican gods Mesopotamian gods Micronesian gods Middle-eastern gods Native American gods Norse gods Oceanic gods Polynesian gods Roman gods Sámi gods Siberian gods Slavic gods South American Southeast Asian Thai gods Vodou gods Yoruba gods Christian Saints Search the Holy Database of All Known Gods Seek Not sure of the spelling? Try entering just the first three or four letters. Examples: JUPITER, JUP, JUPI * Okay, more or less all known Gods. Mesopotamian Mythology The Ancient Gods of Sumer and Babylon... INTRO PANTHEON EXPLORE FIND GODS A-Z INDEX Mesopotamian mythology › Mesopotamian pantheon TIAMAT Babylonian Creator Goddess Also known as Tiamay, Tiamet The Primordial Dragon Goddess of Creative Chaos She lived happily in the salt water below the mists of time, joined by Apsu, the wettest Water God ever. Their peace was disturbed eventually by a bubbling of silt and up popped a couple of beings, who soon gave birth to a lot of noisy Gods. When Apsu objected, Ea kindly put him to sleep on a permanent basis.Tiamat, left alone, became decidedly tetchy. She ripped up anything the Gods tried to create and had them hiding and huddling in fear. Something had to be done.Ea eventually had a fine upstanding son called Marduk, who was egged on to become their champion. ‘You’re young, handsome, and such a brave guy... You do this and you’ll never have to buy another drink.’ Flattery got them everywhere — after practicing martial arts he was kitted out with the latest in advanced weaponry (a bow, a net and a mace) and set off in his storm chariot. Meanwhile, Tiamat had met another dragon. His name was Kingu, and he was busy taking her mind off her woes with a little romance and as much monster production as he could get away with. However, Kingu was all talk and no fangs — and when he saw Marduk with all his fighting paraphernalia he fled in panic, leaving Tiamat to go it alone. She rushed at Marduk jaws agape and he hurled his secret weapon into her mouth. This was a raging storm and she could not chomp. She was then transfixed by an arrow and enmeshed in a net before being whopped by a mace. The junior dragons were all captured and Kingu surrendered the Tablets of Destiny, which Tiamat had given him for a wedding present in return for his life.Marduk chopped up Tiamat’S corpse and used it to create all the bits of the World and Universe the Gods hadn’t managed to finish. Finally a God’s Court decided that Kingu would have to go — but as a special concession his blood was used to create mankind. ‘Don’t think of it as being sentenced to death — think of it as being sentenced to life everlasting on a massive scale.’Marduk now took over and drew up plans for his very own kingdom of Babylon. Tiamat Facts and Figures Name: Tiamat Pronunciation: Coming soon Alternative names: Tiamay, Tiamet Gender: Female Type: Goddess Area or people: Sumer, Akkadia, Babylon Celebration or Feast Day: Unknown at present Role: In charge of: Creating Area of expertise: Creation Good/Evil Rating: Unknown at present Popularity index: 17063 Share this page Cite this article Copy this link to share with anyone: Copy link Share this page on social media: Facebook WhatsApp Twitter Email Link to this page: HTML: To link to this page, just copy and paste the link below into your blog, web page or email. <a href="https://www.godchecker.com/mesopotamian-mythology/TIAMAT/?utm_source=shared">TIAMAT - the Babylonian Goddess of Creation (Mesopotamian mythology)</a> BBCODE: To link to this page in a forum post or comment box, just copy and paste the link code below: [url=https://www.godchecker.com/mesopotamian-mythology/TIAMAT/?utm_source=shared]TIAMAT - the Babylonian Goddess of Creation (Mesopotamian mythology)[/url] Cite this article Here's the info you need to cite this page. Just copy the text in the box below. Saunders, Chas, and Peter J. Allen, eds. "TIAMAT (Mesopotamian mythology)" Godchecker. Godchecker.com, Sep 26, 2018. Web. January 30, 2024. Article last revised on September 26, 2018 by Rowan Allen. Editors: Peter J. Allen, Chas Saunders References: Coming soon. Permissions page We are often asked about mythology merchandise. Do we sell Tiamat graphic novels, books, video or role-playing games (RPG)? To purchase such goodies we suggest you try Amazon, Ebay or other reputable online stores. For official Godchecker merch please visit our God Shop where a wide range of items are available to buy. The Gods told us to do it. Find us @godchecker Please mention Godchecker.com when praying to the Gods. CELEBRATING 23 YEARS OF GODCHECKERING Established 1999. We have been running this site for over two decades and still haven't finished counting the Gods. Copyright © 1999-2024 Godchecker, Inc. All rights reserved. (Copyright notice.) 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