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Kingu

[ kin-goo ]

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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She chose one of the gods, Kingu, to be her husband and the general of her forces, and delivered to him the tablets of fate.

Merodach drove on, and at length he drew nigh to the secret lair of Tiamat, and he beheld her muttering with Kingu, her consort.

Unto Kingu thou hast given the power of Anu to decree fate, because thou art hostile to what is good and loveth what is sinful.

From Kingu's blood Ea fashioned mankind for the service of the gods.

Most important of all, he tears the tablets of fate from Kingu and places them on his breast.

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