Nammu
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Nammu was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a creator deity in the local theology of Eridu. It is assumed that she was associated with water. She is also well attested in connection with incantations
Lugal kisalsi inscription
Ea En Ki
Tiamat
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In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat is the cosmic ocean that mates with Abzû, the groundwater, to produce the Babylonian pantheon in the creation myth recorded in the Enūma Eliš.
Nammu
…An (Heaven) and Ki (Earth), as well as a representation of the primeval sea/ocean, an association that may have come from influence from the goddess Tiamat. While Nammu is already attested in sources from the Early Dynastic period, such as the zame hymns and an inscription of Lugal-kisalsi, she was not…
"Mighty was he to look upon", illustration by Evelyn Paul, depicting Marduk (upper right) smiting Tiamat (bottom), Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria, 1916