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| Subtitle | or the Enuma Elish |
| Translator | N. K. Sandars |
| First Written | -900 |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Origin | Babylon |
| My Copy | From the Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia |
| First Read | July 25, 2025 |
The Babylonian Creation
OK, this is really from This book, but I like breaking it out separately. Compare with the other translation I've got here for the Enuma Elish.
Noted on July 29, 2025
One god is greater than all great gods,
a fairer fame, the word of command,
the word from heaven, O Marduk,
greater than all great gods, the honor
and the fame, the will of Anu, great
command, unfaltering and eternal word!
Where there is action the first to act,
where there is government the first to govern;
Quoted on July 29, 2025
He mounted the storm, his terrible chariot, reins hitched to the side, yoked four in hand the appalling team, sharp poisoned teeth, the Killer, the Pitiless, Tramper, Haste, they knew arts of plunder, skills of murder.
Quoted on July 29, 2025
I, not you, will decide the world's nature, the things to come. My decrees shall never be altered, never nulled, but my creation endures to the ends of the world.
Quoted on July 29, 2025
Which one of us is impetuous in battle? The hero Marduk! Only he is strong enough to avenge us.
Quoted on July 29, 2025