Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 476 Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir 1857 1934 Budge, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis, Sir Budge, Ernest Alfred Wallis, Sir The Babylonian Legends of the Creation Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by the PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Babylonian Legends of the Creation" by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the ancient Babylonian and Assyrian myths surrounding the creation of the world, the gods, and the legendary struggle between the god Marduk and the dragon Tiâmat, providing insights into the beliefs and cosmology of these ancient civilizations. The beginning of this book delves into the discovery of ancient clay tablets that contain these creation legends, highlighting the efforts of archaeologists and Assyriologists in uncovering and translating these texts. The narrative introduces various gods, including Marduk and Tiâmat, and sets up the context for the epic battle that forms the central mythological theme. It further explains how these legends not only narrate the creation of the heavens and the earth but also serve to glorify the god Marduk, capturing the complex interplay of power and divinity in Babylonian culture. The accounts suggest a rich tapestry of mythological significance, intertwining the acts of creation with themes of conflict and supremacy within the pantheon of gods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cosmogony, Babylonian Assyro-Babylonian literature BL Text Mythology Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 150200 148030 2024-10-04T12:30:54.969800 2023-10-05T04:22:56.422791 text/html text/html 142622 2020-12-27T05:55:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1695207 2020-12-27T05:55:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1769007 2024-10-04T12:31:05.621732 application/epub+zip 1769519 2024-10-04T12:31:00.035771 application/epub+zip 113460 2024-10-04T12:30:57.235767 application/epub+zip 1232503 2024-10-04T12:31:08.910705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1214624 2024-10-04T12:31:03.543751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232124 2022-09-05T06:01:29.229880 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129688 129662 2024-10-04T12:30:53.796822 2023-10-05T04:22:55.761761 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 129503 2020-12-27T05:55:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46519 2020-12-27T05:55:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 129493 2020-12-27T05:55:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46458 2020-12-27T05:55:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22246 2024-10-04T12:31:09.413705 application/rdf+xml 14780 2024-10-04T12:30:58.158762 image/jpeg 3555 2024-10-04T12:30:57.659761 image/jpeg 1768968 2024-10-04T12:30:55.144838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia