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
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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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