The Babylonian creation epic — "When on high…" Marduk slays Tiamat and from her body forms the heavens, the earth, and the assembly of the gods.
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Tradition
Akkadian / Babylonian creation epic, late second millennium BCE. Recited annually at the Akītu New Year festival in Babylon. The closest non-Hebrew parallel to the Genesis 1 cosmogony.
Translation
L. W. King, *The Seven Tablets of Creation*, vol. I (London: Luzac, 1902). Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.