Marduk
Americannoun
noun
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During Hammurabi’s dynasty, the storm god Marduk was elevated to the highest tier of the pantheon and accepted as the patron god of Babylonia.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
After he defeated the forces of the king in one battle, Cyrus was welcomed as a liberator by the Babylonians and he made a point of venerating Marduk to help ensure their ongoing loyalty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Marduk, the great lord, established as his fate for me a magnanimous heart of one who loves Babylon, and I daily attended to his worship.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
There is no indication that someone who violated the marriage agreement suffered the eternal wrath of Shamash and Marduk, or that those deities took a personal interest in strong marriages.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2013
To explain the dry land, the Babylonians added that Marduk had placed a mat on the face of the waters and piled dirt upon it.'
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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