Tiamat

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Gender Feminine
Usage Semitic Mythology
Scripts π’€­π’‹Ύπ’Š©π’†³, π’€­π’Œ“π’Œˆ(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Pronounced Pron. TEE-Ι™-maht(English)

Meaning & History

From Akkadian tâmtu meaning "sea". In Babylonian myth Tiamat was the personification of the sea, appearing in the form of a huge dragon. By Apsu she gave birth to the first of the gods. Later, the god Marduk (her great-grandson) defeated her, cut her in half, and used the pieces of her body to make the earth and the sky.