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Apsu

American  
[ahp-soo] / ˈɑp su /

noun

  1. an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.


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Apsu and Tiamat are synonymous and are personifications of the watery deep or abyss.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

Thou didst go forth aforetime to battle; thou didst bind Mummu and smite Apsu.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

She is more powerful and ferocious than Apsu, and lives longer.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Then had Ea knowledge of Tiamat's doings, how she had gathered her forces together, and how she had prepared to work evil against the high gods with purpose to avenge Apsu.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Apsu heard him, his face grew bright, 52.

From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

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