10 pts. Who was Abzu/Absu?

Answer 1

Basically, Apsu was the creator god of Mesopotamia. In the Babylonian creation epic, the Enuma Elish, he was the spouse of Tiamat the primordial mother of all. But later he got his butt kicked by Enki, and became like the primordial pond that Enki lived in...So he became sort of a natural-force type pregenitor of the Babylonian gods...

Answer 2

The apsû (also known as abzu or engur) was the name for the mythological underground freshwater ocean in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the apsû.

The Sumerian god Enki (Ea in Akkadian) was believed to have lived in the apsû since before human beings were created. His wife Damgalnuna, his mother Nammu, and a variety of subservient creatures also lived in the apsû.

In Eridu, Enki's temple was known as E-abzu ("the abzu temple"). Certain tanks of holy water in Babylonian and Assyrian temple courtyards were also called apsû or abzu. Typical in religious washing, these tanks may be regarded as precursors to the washing pools of Islamic mosques, or the baptismal font in Christian churches.

Apsû is depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enûma Elish. In this story, he was a primal monster made of fresh water and a lover to another primal deity, Tiamat, who was a creature of salt water.

After Ea killed Apsû, he began to dwell inside of the dead god. This is considered as the origin of the apsû where Ea lives in myths set during later time periods. Marduk, though called "firstborn son of the apsû," is actually Ea's son, not Apsû's; the title is meant to be taken metaphorically, as Marduk was the first "child" born in the apsû. It would suggest that Abzu may have been the original name by which the divinity of Enki later became known.

Answer 3

The apsû (also known as abzu or engur) was the name for the mythological underground freshwater ocean in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the apsû.
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Answer 4

From Wikipedia:

"Apsû is depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enûma Elish. In this story, he was a primal monster made of fresh water and a lover to another primal deity, Tiamat, who was a creature of salt water."

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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