The Babylonian Legends of the Creation, by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred) Budge
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The Babylonian Legends of the Creation, by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred) Budge- Published on: 2012-05-12
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About the Author Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful. One of the great classics on Sumerian legend and myth By Brian K. Miller This and its companion volume The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh stand apart as two of the first books written as the Western world rediscovered the legacy of Sumer and Akkad. Both of these books still stand as two of the most authoritive books on Sumerian legends and mythology ever written.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Reevaluation By Andreea I reviewed this book before - not in an enthusiastic manner - but after I received a good bunch of NOs, I began to think that those negative responses were maybe justified. Therefore, I have read again The Babylonian Legends of the Creation. In this work, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (British Egyptologist, Orientalist and philologist - or thief, according to modern scholars' opinions) writes about the Seven Babylonian Tablets, discovered in Nineveh by Sir A.H. Layard, Mormuzd Rassam and George Smith - Tablets that contain the Babylonian beliefs regarding the Creation of the world. As in the other mythologies, after the gods are created by a primordial entity (Apsu), an evil being revolts against the ordered primeval world, in order to create chaos. Here, the one who revolts against the gods is a she monster named Tiâmat (represented as a giant snake or a dragon), who gathers other monsters and demons, in order to destroy the world. The monster and her allies (such as the scorpion man and the corned beast) are twelve entities that can be a source for the twelve signs of the zodiac. Tiâmat chooses Kingu (her son) to be the leader of her troops and gives him the Tablet of Destinies. Tiâmat can be defeated only by someone as powerful as her. The gods choose Marduk , son of Ea (god of the underworld) to fight the beast and he also becomes the Head of the Babylonian Pantheon or the supreme god. Marduk catches Tiâmat, takes Kingu prisoner, takes the Tablet of Destinies from him, puts his seal on it and puts it on his breast. The most interesting part, though a little gruesome, is when Marduk creates the world: he cuts open Tiâmat's body, he uses a half of her body to make the Heaven and the other half for the earth. He also creates the stars, the zodiac and gives the other gods their attributions. In order to thank Marduk for his bravery, the other gods build him an impressive shrine (Temple of E-Sagila or House of the Raised Head) In the Seventh Tablet there are hymns dedicated to Matduk used in religious ceremonies; "The "Fifty Names," or laudatory epithets" (Loc. 288-289) of Marduk can be correlated with the "Seventy-five Praises of Rā". (also Loc. 289) Even if every god has its own shrine, one needs to be worshiped. Well, by whom? God Marduk decides that it is the right time to create the Man, but he has to sacrifice a god, in order to mix his blood with earth. He finally chooses Kingu, who was still imprisoned, because he has fought against them. The Babylonian Legends of the Creation is a study under 90 pages, but contains dense information, notes, explanations and the translation of the Seven Tablets, which can be found in the British Museum. Even though, the epic is not complete, the author informs us about the missing lines and what he supposes to be written on the illegible or fragmented pieces of text.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. good book By Jason I gave this book 5stars because it explains things to you very deep. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in the Babylonians.
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