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'''Kingu''', also spelled '''Qingu''', meaning "unskilled laborer", was a god in [[Babylonian mythology]], |
'''Kingu''', also spelled '''Qingu''', meaning "unskilled laborer", was a god in [[Babylonian mythology]], and the son of the gods [[Abzu]] and [[Timat]]. After the murder of his father, Abzu, he served as the consort of his mother, Tiamat, who wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was killed by [[Marduk]]. Tiamat gave Kingu the [[Tablet of Destinies]], which he wore as a breastplate and which gave him great power. She placed him as the general of her army. However, like Tiamat, Kingu was eventually killed by Marduk. Marduk mixed Kingu's blood with earth and used the clay to mold the first human beings, while Tiamat's body created the earth and the skies. Kingu then went to live in the underworld kingdom of [[Ereshkigal]], along with the other deities who had sided with Tiamat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/humm/Resources/Ane/enumaA.html |title=Babylonian Creation Myth |publisher=Ccat.sas.upenn.edu |access-date=2010-09-12}}</ref> |
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Kingu, also spelled Qingu, meaning "unskilled laborer", was a god in Babylonian mythology, and the son of the gods Abzu and Timat. After the murder of his father, Abzu, he served as the consort of his mother, Tiamat, who wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was killed by Marduk. Tiamat gave Kingu the Tablet of Destinies, which he wore as a breastplate and which gave him great power. She placed him as the general of her army. However, like Tiamat, Kingu was eventually killed by Marduk. Marduk mixed Kingu's blood with earth and used the clay to mold the first human beings, while Tiamat's body created the earth and the skies. Kingu then went to live in the underworld kingdom of Ereshkigal, along with the other deities who had sided with Tiamat.[1]
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References
- ^ "Babylonian Creation Myth". Ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
External links
- The Enuma Elish translated by N. K. Sandars