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Kingu

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[kin-goo] / ˈkɪn gu /

noun

  1. (in Akkadian myth) a son of Apsu and Tiamat whose blood Ea and Marduk used in creating the human race.


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At their head she places a being Kingu, whom she raises to the dignity of a consort.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

After Apsu's death she elevates one of her brood, named Kingu, to be her consort, a fact which suggests that in the Ishtar-Tammuz myth survives the influence of exceedingly ancient modes of thought.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Tiâmat then addresses Kingu directly: Through my word to thee, I have made thee the greatest among the gods.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Whether by this Tiawath, Apsu, Mummu, Kingu, and the monsters whom she had created were included, or only the gods of heaven who had joined her, the record does not say.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Marduk looked, Kingu staggered in his gait, 68.

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

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