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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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And the lord advanced, Tiamtu's retreat regarding Examining the lair of Kingu her consort.”

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Also, instead of “Examining the lair,” I am inclined to return to my earlier rendering, “Noting the snarling of Kingu, her consort.”

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King attributes this fear and confusion not to Merodach, but to Kingu and his followers, which would seem to be more consistent, but the difficulty is, that the original gives no indication that this was the case.

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Now Kingu is exalted, he has taken to him the godhood of Anu, Among the gods her sons he determines the fates.

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In this she is aided by certain gods, over whom she sets one, Kingu, her husband, as chief.

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