Kinship as the accounts give it
The family of Tiamat
Ancient Mesopotamian primordial goddess of the seawater and the symbol of the chaos of primordial creation
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Enûma Eliš
Babylonian creation myth
- Also called Enuma Elish, Enuma Elis, Enuma Ellis
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How Enûma Eliš connects
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