CLA204H1 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Notes
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Lecture 2 cosmogony and theogony: near eastern antecedents hittites, hurrians, babylonians, sumerians. Hittite records from clay tablets in cuneiform kept in the palace of boghazkale at the capital hattusas; when the palace was burned the clay was fired and preserved. Seri, about a battle no ending preserved. Teshub is the chief god of the hittites, so assume he wins. Have some various fragments of this poem from different dates. Apsu (fresh water) and tiamat (sea water) mingle waters and create lahmu and. Lahamu, who beget anshar and kishar, who beget anu ( sky ), whose son is ea. Apsu is annoyed by all these children and resolves to destroy them despite. Ea puts apsu to sleep and strips him of his royal regalia, stealing his strength and killing him. Ea"s son marduk has alarming powers, so the other gods ask tiamat to renew the war against the younger gods.
