CLAA05H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag
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Quingu (tiamat"s new lover and leader of the army) Was used to explain how the world was created. Purpose of festival: the king can renew his mandate to rule, and be praised like marduk. Show how the universe and kingship should be organized in a very orderly manner. The younger gods annoyed apsu, and him and vizier mummu planned to kill them. Ea heard of this and killed apsu and mummu and built his home. He annoyed tiamat, and she wanted to kill the younger gods for killing her love apsu. The other older gods agreed and mother hubur gave her snakes and monsters for battle. She assigned quingu to be the army leader. He killed her and used her body parts to create the world/universe. He captured her army as prisoners and tablet of destines and presented it in front of anu. Afterwards, he created mankind by using quingu"s blood and clay.
