Norse
Ymir
first giant, raw material of the world
Marduk
Mesopotamian tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- Babylon's patron, king of the gods in the first millennium
- Symbols and attributes
- Spade; the dragon mušḫuššu
- Parents (per the sources used)
- Enki / Ea
Key myth
In Enūma Eliš, the gods choose him as their champion against Tiamat, and he is given supremacy and fifty names.
Where sources differ or caution applies. An older Sumerian-era Marduk is little attested. His rise parallels the rise of Babylon.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Marduk: creation and first beings, wisdom, writing and divination. This is overlap in one area only.