Questions tagged [babylonian]
Questions pertaining to Babylonian mythology, religion...
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Why was Marduk made ruler before his victory?
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In the begining of Babylonian mythology, their is a war between the older generation of gods and the newer generation.
Apsu and Tiamat's descendents became an unruly crowd. Eventually ...
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Why are the domains of sexuality and fertility commonly associated with battle & war?
For example, Semitic Astarte/Babylonian Ishtar, Hittite Shaushka, Slavic Radegast, Irish Anann, etc. In studying mythology and folklore, I can't help but notice that violence and sex are often ...
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When did Mythology start? [closed]
What are the dates of the oldest known writing/record of Myths from cultures? When did mythologies emerge? What was the first Mythology, last Mythology and between?
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Did the Babylonians, Norse Vikings, Japanese or Greeks have a concept of a soulmate?
Soulmates or true love are common themes in stories, movies/tv shows and such. I was just wondering if it had any roots from ancient times. I limit my question to these four Mythologies in tags, but ...
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Did the inhabitants of the ancient Near East believe in an ocean in the sky?
An ocean in the sky shows up quite a lot in depictions, for example Psalms 148:4:
Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
But finding good evidence for it in Egyptian ...
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Babylonian, Sumerian or Mesopotamian
I was looking up the Babylonian creation myth(didn't find it) and clicked on one of their gods, Ereshkigal, Queen of the underworld, or Kur. The page says she is from Mesopotamian Mythology and the ...
