Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Many praise-names of a supreme deity

many_praise_names_of_a_supreme_deity

A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


mesopotamian

  • The Babylonian Legends of the Creation THE OBJECT OF THE BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION. / VARIANT FORMS OF THE BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION. / THE LEGEND OF THE CREATION ACCORDING TO BEROSUS AND DAMASCIUS. / THE SEVEN TABLETS OF CREATION. DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CONTENTS.; lines 756-842 confidence: high

    The Anunnaki decide to build a shrine for Marduk; Marduk chooses Babylon, the Gate of God; the Anunnaki make bricks and build E-Sagila; Marduk assigns gods their places there, the Anunnaki praise him, the gods proclaim his Fifty Names, and his absolute supremacy is accepted.

    An assembly ceremonially proclaims Marduk's Fifty Names; the passage describes their remembrance and transmission.

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