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Marduk

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Babylon’s god, elevated with the city’s history. Enuma Elish celebrates his rise and cosmic ordering; sources associate him with Nibiru and Jupiter. Earliest origins and functions remain uncertain.

Modern guide to Marduk: Babylon, cosmic ordering, a creation plan executed by Ea, and connections to Nibiru and Jupiter. No claim to depict the god’s appearance
Modern guide to Marduk: Babylon, cosmic ordering, a creation plan executed by Ea, and connections to Nibiru and Jupiter. No claim to depict the god’s appearanceModern explanatory diagram by IL Archive · CC BY 4.0 · CC BYImage source

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God and city

Patron of BabylonBabylonBabylon is an ancient city in central present-day Iraq, south of BaghdadGlossary · Click to read the explanation, worshipped at Esagil, traditionally son of EnkiEnkiMesopotamian deity associated with deep fresh water, wisdom and Eridu, known as Ea in Akkadian tradition. The earliest preserved written mention does not date his cult’s origin or identify Ubaid Eridu’s deity.Glossary · Click to read the explanation/Ea and associated with Jupiter in first-millennium sources. Origins and earliest function are unclear.[1]

Enuma Elish

His elevation organizes the narrative. In VI he plans humanity and Ea performs creation; he then distributes AnunnakiAnunna / AnunnakiCollective designation for gods in Mesopotamian texts, with variable scope and membership; earliest known attestations belong to the late third millennium BCE.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. VII includes NibiruNibiru: Crossing and Astral NameAkkadian crossing-related word and astral designation, including Jupiter in some contexts and Marduk’s Nibiru. Cited sources establish no inhabited planet returning every 3,600 years.Glossary · Click to read the explanation among his names.[2] Image explains roles and passages, without claiming a divine portrait or planetary homeland.

References and notes

  1. Nicole Brisch, Marduk, ORACC, 2019. Indexed entry: Babylon, Esagil, elevation in Enuma Elish, first-millennium Jupiter association. Origins and earliest function remain uncertain. Return to the text ↑
  2. Alexander Heidel, The Babylonian Genesis, second edition, Chicago, 1951. University PDF read: p.44, V 1–14; pp.46–49, VI 1–87; p.59, VII 118–142. VI 39–46 has 300 in heaven, total 600; note 122 interprets earth as underworld. Rest of book not read. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Marduk», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/marduk