Tiamat

[ tyah-maht ]

/ ˈtyɑ mɑt /

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noun

an Akkadian goddess, the consort of Apsu and mother of the gods.

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How to use Tiamat in a sentence

Tiamat then creates light, the heavens, dry land, animals, and man.
The Truth About Genesis|Bruce Feiler|September 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The world is presented as a watery chaos (the sea monster Tiamat), which then splits to create heaven and earth.
The Truth About Genesis|Bruce Feiler|September 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Tiamat, the female dragon, is more powerful than her husband Apsu, who is slain by his son Ea.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
There may well have been Babylonians who held higher conceptions of God and nature than those given in the Tiamat myth.
The Astronomy of the Bible|E. Walter Maunder

Orion—Merodach—must have been likewise a god, the great-great-grandson of Tiamat, whom he destroys.
The Astronomy of the Bible|E. Walter Maunder
On monuments and cylinders he is represented as armed with the weapon with which he despatched the monster Tiamat.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various
It was the victory of Merodach over Tiamat,'the deep,' the personification of chaos and elemental anarchy.
Assyria, Its Princes, Priests and People|A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce