CLAA06H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Kumarbi, Enlil, Cronus
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Chapter 4 myths of creation - zeus. Prominent themes in greek creation story: power of male over female, father kills son because he might replace him, titans untamed forces of nature (offspring were seas + river) Babylonian enuma elish: recited for go of city, marduk, male freshwater apsu, and saltwater monster female tiamat come together, first produce monsters then gods, heaven and earth and (fourth generation anu and ea) are born but. Apsu wants to kill them so does his commander mummu who he then kissed: ea, the skillful wise, killed apsu and built a house over him and jailed. Mummu: ea and his wife lived there and gave birth to marduk, god of babylon, marduk"s grandfather anu gave gift of wind to play with. In this story, female can nurture and destroy, water on earth are good but below are dead blood, male takes over female and creation rises from sex.