Marduk's Influence On Greek Mythology

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The people of Uruk described Gilgamesh as a wise, good-looking and determined King but feared his arrogance because he used abusing as his power and was sleeping with women, therefore it was not a good relationship the people of Mesopotamia had with Gilgamesh. Mesopotamians believed everything seen on the Earth including their lives, environments and societies were created or controlled by the gods, such as Shamash being the god of the sun, Adad being the god of the storm and Aruru being the goddess of creation. Gilgamesh oppresses his people and so they cry out to Anu, the god of Uruk and in response Aruru creates Enkidu to rival Gilgamesh. These goods have better relations to the people of Uruk by listening, or staying in touch. Enkidu’s

According to the Babylonian mythological poem known in world literature as Enuma elish ("When above," its initial two words), Marduk was granted the leadership of the pantheon as well as the "kingship over the universe entire" as a reward for avenging the gods by defeating Tiamat, the savage and defiant goddess of chaos, and her monstrous host. Following his victory, Marduk fashioned heaven and earth, arranged and regulated the planets and stars, and created the human

Ceres-Goddess of the dead. Also the goddess of agriculture in full. These gods and goddess were worshiped so much that they each had their own festival and all lived in the temple of Jupiter, one of the biggest buildings the romans ever made. However, these are just three gods, the rest are mentioned later.

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Ancient world literature and early civilization stories are mostly centered on human’s relationship with higher beings. Ancient civilizations were extremely religious, holding the belief that their very lives were in the hands of their almighty god or goddess. This holds true for both the people of biblical times as well as those of the epic era. However, their stories have some differences according to cultural variation but the main structure, ideas, and themes are generally found correlative. It is hard to believe that one work did not affect the others. The first great heroic epic poem of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament are parts of two cultures that are hundreds of years apart. Whereas Gilgamesh is a myth and the book of Genesis is

From the Enuma Elish, the epic poem of this ancient religion, we learn how Marduk becomes the chief god. (The link takes you to a picture of some of the tablets written in Cuneiform, in the Akkadian language.) The people eventually called him "Bel" which means "lord." From the epic creation poem Gilgamesh, we learn how man survived a Great

The ancient Israelite and Mesopotamian cultures often interacted and influenced each other, as a result they share some similarities in their laws and stories which we can still read today. One of the times they interacted was what we call today, the Babylonian captivity. In 586 BCE the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, defeated the Israelites, destroyed their homes and temple, and brought ten thousand Israelite captives into Babylon. It was there in Babylon the Israelites spent almost fifty years in captivity, it was also there that the bible was first written down by the Israelites. During that time the Israelites and Babylonians probably shared storys because both cultures have storys that are very similar.

Large arks are built to hold humans and animals to save humanity from extinction. “Noah and the Flood” is shown as a monotheistic story whereas “The Great Flood” is polytheistic. The values of the Ancient Mesopotamians and Ancient Hebrews are also similar. They believed in a higher power that controls everything and were all very religious. The dome structure of the world was also believed by both cultures. These stories share many commonplaces but also have distinct

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In both Greek and Roman civilizations, mythology played an important part in their empire’s success. Both of these civilizations were polytheistic religions. Likewise, they had major and minor gods and goddesses as part of their religion as well. However, since the Roman Empire conquered many cultures including the Greeks, their gods blended with many similarities with the gods that the Ancient Greeks worshipped.

In myths we come across many names of gods and goddesses and strange creatures. All of them have many stories related to them. Different gods represent different aspects of life and the Earth is under their control.

Furthermore, the transfer of power to Babylon is illustrated by the subjugation of all gods to the rule of Marduk. After erecting a throne for Marduk, the gods proclaim, "Thou art (the most) important of the great gods; Thy destiny is unequaled, thy command is (like that of) AnuÖTo thee we have given kingship over the totality of the whole universe" ("Enuma Elish,"36). This statement reflects the reality of the times. During the writing of the Enuma Elish the Old-Babylonian Empire weilded supreme power in Mesopotamia.

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Just as each culture built unique places of worship as was their style of worship unique. In the Mesopotamian religion there were well over 3000 gods and goddesses. Each city had its own patron god who was in charge of that city. It was also believed that each person had his own lesser god who would appeal with the greater gods on his own account. At the upper part of the Mesopotamian pantheon sits An, the Lord of heaven and Enlil, Lord of the earth. These two gods had a sour attitude towards the human beings. It was Enki, god of sweet waters, magic and wisdom, that was humanity's friend. The Mesopotamians also had an interesting view on doing evil and evil acts. They never blamed themselves; instead it was all put on a demon taking over the person's body. So instead of punishing the individuals for their crimes, the Mesopotamians would try to exorcise them. People wore amulets or charms to try to keep the evil demons away. If they performed a ritual fault or accident, such as touching a cursed person, it could invoke the wrath of the gods and that was when a person's personal god would have to defend you before the greater gods (Garber, 204).