1. C0MPARATIVE COSMOGONY (Lecture 6)

2. MESOPOTAMIA
ANATOLIA
SYRIA-PALESTINE
Sumerian ( )
Akkadian ( )
Babylonian ( )
Assyrian ( )
Hurrian ( )
Hittite ( )
Canaanite ( )
Israelite ( )
Neo-Assyrian ( )
Neo-Babylonian ( )

3. Hittite Kingship in Heaven + Song of Ullikummi

4. Enuma Elish
(Babylonian, early 2nd millennium)
Kingship in Heaven + Song of Ullikummi
(Hittite, ca. 1200)
primal father
Apsu
Anu(sh)
castrator
{Ea}
Kumarbi
storm god
Marduk
Teshub
primal monster
Tiamat
Ullikummi / Ubelluri

5. MESOPOTAMIA
ANATOLIA
SYRIA-PALESTINE
Sumerian ( )
Akkadian ( )
Babylonian ( )
Assyrian ( )
Hurrian ( )
Hittite ( )
Canaanite ( )
Israelite ( )
Neo-Assyrian ( )
Neo-Babylonian ( )

6. Canaanite Myth

7. Combat Myths Enuma Elish (Babylonian) Ullikummi (Hittite) Illuyankas
Baal & Yam-Nahar
(Canaanite)
Tiamat gives Tablet of Destinies to Qingu
Tiamat & Qingu = dragonlike water monsters
Ullikummi = dragonlike water monster
Illuyankas = dragonlike water monster
Yam-Nahar = dragonlike god of salt water
Marduk = young son of high god (Ea)
Teshub = young son of high god (Kumarbi)
Baal = young son of high god (Baal)
Marduk = storm god
Teshub = storm god
Baal = storm god
Marduk experiences failure (will)
Teshub experiences failure (weapon)
Teshub experiences failure (defeat)
Baal experiences failure (weapon)
Marduk uses wind + arrow to split Tiamat
Teshub uses curved knife to split Ullikummi from Ubelluri
Teshub defeats Illuyankas
Baal uses special weapon (“Driver”) to defeat Yam-Nahar
Marduk acquires Tablet of Destinies
Teshub becomes king of gods
Teshub is supreme god

8. Regeneration Myth
•God disappears •Search conducted •Disorder (drought, famine) ensue •Rituals performed •Recovery of lost god •Restoration of order