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A river-like symbol of life, divinity, and chaotic flooding that must be tamed.
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water serpent
A river-like symbol of life, divinity, and chaotic flooding that must be tamed.
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Marduk defeats Tiamat as a water serpent and uses her body to create sky, continents, moons, stars, and the universe.
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The water serpent represents both life and divinity because it resembles the river, but the flooding river is also chaotic and must be tamed by irrigation and walls.
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"...more peaceful and orderly world, okay? So remember, Tiamat is the water serpent. And for the longest time, we believe the water serpent represents..."
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"Why? Because if you think about it, the serpent, the water serpent, looks like the river. And the river is the basis of all..."
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"...Converging against each other. And then Tiamat turns into a huge water serpent. And challenges Mardok to a duel. They fight. Mardok unleashes whirlwinds..."
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"He creates the entire universe basically. From the body of Tiamat. After that. The gods all decide to rest in peace. But they need..."
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Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...
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