Tiamat

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Tiamat is a primordial chaos dragon-goddess from Mesopotamian mythology, embodying the wild, untamed sea and serving as a central antagonist in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enuma Elish.

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Label Occurrences
Tiamat canonical 6
Angra Mainyu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf MesopotamianDeity
goddess
mythologicalFigure
primordialDeity
afterDeath body used by Marduk to create the world
appearsIn Enuma Elish
surface form: Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish
associatedConcept chaos
cosmic disorder
primordial waters
associatedElement salt water
sea
bodyPartUsedFor earth
heaven
consort Oceanus
surface form: Apsu
creates army of monstrous creatures
bull-men
dragons
fish-men
scorpion-men
serpents
storm-demons
culture Akkadian
Babylonian
depiction dragon-like creature
serpentine monster
enemy Marduk
era 2nd millennium BCE religious literature
gender female
killedBy Marduk
languageOfName Akkadian
mythology Mesopotamian mythology
narrativeRole central antagonist in Enuma Elish
offspring Anshar
Kishar
Lahamu
Lahmu
younger generation of gods
opponentInMyth Marduk
surface form: Marduk in Enuma Elish
roleInMythology antagonist in a theogonic conflict
creator figure
embodiment of chaos
personification of the primordial sea
spouse Oceanus
surface form: Apsu
symbolicMeaning conflict between order and chaos
primordial ocean
textualSource Enuma Elish
title mother of everything
mother of the gods
worshipRegion ancient Mesopotamia

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marduk defeated Tiamat
Marduk opponent Tiamat
Zoroaster opposedDeity Tiamat
this entity surface form: Angra Mainyu
Enuma Elish featuresDeity Tiamat
Yam paralleledBy Tiamat