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tiamat

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What does tiamat mean?

proper noun

  1. A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
  2. A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter.

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It may be noted that the character of Apsû and Tiamat in this portion of the poem(1) is quite at variance with their later actions.
L. W. (Leonard William) KingLegends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew TraditionProject Gutenberg ebook #2030