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C0MPARATIVE COSMOGONY
(Lecture 6)
MESOPOTAMIA
3000-2000
SYRIA-PALESTINE
Hurrian (1700-1200)
Hittite (1700-1200)
Canaanite (2000-1200)
Sumerian (3000-2000)
Akkadian (2300-2100)
Babylonian (2000-1100)
2000-1000
Assyrian (1900-1000)
1000-500
ANATOLIA
Neo-Assyrian (800-500)
Neo-Babylonian (600-500)
Israelite (1200-721)
Hittite
Kingship in Heaven + Song of Ullikummi
Enuma Elish
(Babylonian, early 2nd millennium)
Kingship in Heaven + Song of Ullikummi
(Hittite, ca. 1200)
primal father
Apsu
Anu(sh)
castrator
{Ea}
Kumarbi
storm god
Marduk
Teshub
primal monster
Tiamat
Ullikummi / Ubelluri
MESOPOTAMIA
3000-2000
SYRIA-PALESTINE
Hurrian (1700-1200)
Hittite (1700-1200)
Canaanite (2000-1200)
Sumerian (3000-2000)
Akkadian (2300-2100)
Babylonian (2000-1100)
2000-1000
Assyrian (1900-1000)
1000-500
ANATOLIA
Neo-Assyrian (800-500)
Neo-Babylonian (600-500)
Israelite (1200-721)
Canaanite Myth
Combat Myths
Enuma Elish
(Babylonian)
Ullikummi
(Hittite)
Illuyankas
(Hittite)
Baal & Yam-Nahar
(Canaanite)
Tiamat & Qingu =
dragonlike water monsters
Ullikummi = dragonlike
water monster
Illuyankas = dragonlike
water monster
Yam-Nahar = dragonlike
god of salt water
Marduk = young son of
high god (Ea)
Teshub = young son of high
god (Kumarbi)
Teshub = young son of high
god (Kumarbi)
Baal = young son of high
god (Baal)
Marduk = storm god
Teshub = storm god
Teshub = storm god
Baal = storm god
Marduk experiences failure
(will)
Teshub experiences failure
(weapon)
Teshub experiences failure
(defeat)
Baal experiences failure
(weapon)
Marduk uses wind + arrow
to split Tiamat
Teshub uses curved knife
to split Ullikummi from
Ubelluri
Teshub defeats Illuyankas
Baal uses special weapon
(“Driver”) to defeat YamNahar
Marduk acquires Tablet of
Destinies
Teshub becomes king of
gods
Teshub is supreme god
Tiamat gives Tablet of
Destinies to Qingu
Regeneration Myth
•God disappears
•Search conducted
•Disorder (drought, famine) ensue
•Rituals performed
•Recovery of lost god
•Restoration of order