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Tiamat
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Ti·a·mat  (tä-mät)
n. Mythology
The Babylonian goddess of ocean waters.
[Akkadian timat, absolute form of timtu, sea; see thm in Semitic roots.]
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Noun1.Tiamat - (Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of ApsuTiamat - (Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu
Mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
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In the Babylonian tradition, the battle between Marduk and Tiamet leads to the creation of the cosmos out of the pieces of Tiamet's "filleted corpse.
MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM by Jordan, William / Commonweal
 
 
 
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