How to pronounce“tiamat”in English

In the Babylonian stories of creation, we learn about the enormous snake Tiamat, which we’ve mentioned before.

Marduk would help defeat Tiamat if he could be named King of the Gods and, also, the Universe.

Ea agreed to Marduk's deal, and he went off to fight Tiamat, who, as sometimes happens, had transformed herself into a sea monster.

But, hey, surprise ending: Marduk took Tiamat and divided her like a shellfish, to create the world.

Sometimes these life-giving goddesses are associated with primeval creation like Tiamat in the Sumerian creation stories, or Cipactli, the great goddess of Mexico who swam through the primordial waters of chaos in the form of an enormous

In the beginning of the Enuma Elish, the primordial freshwater, Apsû, and the primordial saltwater, Tiamat, "get together," if you catch my drift.

Ea and his brothers were a WILD bunch of crazy kids who disturbed their grandparents, Apsû and Tiamat.