HUMS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Enûma Eliš, Theomachy, Kishar
26 Jun 2017
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Social strati cation creates court and leisure class rule over peasants and artisan class. Famine and agricultural prosperity- primary concerns in myth. Previous gods were forces in and behind natural phenomena. Decides about war peace, right and wrong. Gods with aspects of human rather than nature. God model" of/ for king (supports ruling class) A war of the gods translation. Example of theomachy: kronos kills his dad > zeus kills him > new generation. With each new dynasty new gods come into ascendancy. Myths rewritten to show god of victor as supreme god. Anu > enil (sumerian) > enki > madduck (akkadian / babylonian) Stages of myth: part 1- natural cosmology, part 2- theomology. Apsu is the sweet/ fresh water that ows into the salty seawater that is tiamat. Deposit of land of slit (lahmu and lahamu) to form new land. New land forms horizons (ashnar and kishar) which grows toward center. When son storm god enlil forces them apart.
