The Primordial Chaos Queen Who Terrorized the Gods
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In Today’s video, we’ll be discussing Tiamat, the primordial goddess of chaos who waged a war against the gods, a goddess so powerful that she brought an entire pantheon to its knees. Beyond her own incredible innate power, she fleshed out her forces by spawning a brood of terrible monsters, and she raised up a captain to lead her unholy host, taking him as her consort and giving him the Tablet of Destiny, which endowed him with mastery over destiny, thus making him virtually unstoppable.
Alright, let’s get into it.
Most of what we know about Tiamat comes from the Enuma Elish, an ancient creation myth of Babylonian origin that describes the genesis of the world and the rise of the gods. It tells the story of how the god Marduk establishes his supremacy by defeating the primordial goddess Tiamat and creating the cosmos from her body. The text is written in the form of an epic poem and is one of the oldest recorded creation myths in human history. From here, we’re going to go through the Enuma Elish, beginning with Chaos and the emergence of the gods and focusing on Tiamat throughout.
The Babylonians conceptualized chaos as a primordial body of water, made up of two primordial gods: Apsu, the god of freshwater, and Tiamat, the goddess of saltwater. They existed before anything else and are the ultimate source of everything in Babylonian mythology. Here’s the passage from the Enuma Elish that describes this:
“When on high heaven was not yet named, nor was the hard ground below called by name - there was nothing but primordial Apsu, the begetter, and Mother Tiamat, she who gave birth to everything. The waters of Tiamat and Apsu were mingled together as a single body… It was a time before the gods had come into being, or were called by name, or their destinies determined - this was when the gods took form within them”
Watch the video for the rest!
Images depicting Mesopotamian mythology aren't as abundant as those for other mythologies/religions, such as Greco-Roman mythology and the Abrahamic religions. Putting this video together required a fair bit of creative license, as I supplemented the visuals with artwork sourced from Smite, Magic: The Gathering, Blood of Zeus, etc., plus a generous helping of landscape and skyscape imagery. Also, I mentioned the ‘Tablets of Destiny’ several times, but it’s actually the “Tablet of Destiny”. Anyway, thanks for watching! :)
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Would have been funny if you inserted pictures of another Tiamat, if you get the reference.
You can get some dungeons and dragons pics for tiamat and the rest probably from all different sci Fi books etc 😊😊❤❤
Note how in verse 3 the Ruach Elohim (Spirit of God) says there's a true Elohim (God).
Which means there's a false Elohim (God).
I bet anyone ten million dollars the false Elohim (God) is Yahweh Elohim (LORD of God) from Genesis 2.
2 Chronicles 15: 1-7
Names of God Bible
15 The Ruach Elohim came to Azariah, son of Oded. 2 Azariah went to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Yahweh is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you. 3 For a long time Israel was without the true Elohim, without a priest who taught correctly, and without Moses’ Teachings. 4 But when they were in trouble, they turned to Yahweh Elohim of Israel. When they searched for him, he let them find him. 5 At those times no one could come and go in peace, because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil. 6 One nation crushed another nation; one city crushed another. Elohim had tormented them with every kind of trouble. 7 But you must remain strong and not become discouraged. Your actions will be rewarded.”
@@ready1fire1aim1 I believe Paul Wallis n other etymologist and other um linguist? Idk but I believe rueach translates to the breath of god or big wind I think 😁
According to Fate Grand Order anime. Tiamat was a monster and a mother who doesn't want to her children to leave her. I say that your video is good, I like it.
I first learned about Tiamat from the 80's cartoon Dungeons & Dragons. That Tiamat was just a dragon; but I later studied the primordial Tiamat in my adulthood.
Rhymes with Laundry Mat... The Dragon Queen, Tiamat. Draconian Princess, who married a Lyran Prince and their offspring, were called "The Anunnaki", by mankind.
Great video really enjoying your content keep up the good work
Thank you for sharing this mythology with us
The irony that the story of salt water being the source of all life is delicious. It would take millennia before science could say with certainty that all life originated from the seas.
Both Egyptian and Sumerian myths hold that the seas were first and the land rose up from the depths too. That wasn’t even widely-accepted by science until plate tectonics and volcanism were better understood in the last century.
It makes me wonder how things might have been more advanced if those religions hadn’t been lost to the pages of history. Would more recent scientific advances come a thousand years ago or more? It’s interesting to think about that sometimes.
I noticed that too. I wonder if the "conspiracy theories" of these ancient empires haveing access to advanced knowledge has some truth to it.
Tiamat literally rhymes with Qayamat, Which means Judgment / End
Much Love to the Great Mother & Father.
Death to the Petulant Gods.
In nomine Draconis Tiamat 🐉
What if they are petulant no more, would you soften a little?
@@resurgam75 Look around. Their Petulance has only increased. It's been past time to wipe the slate clean. And their worshipers can follow them into Oblivion.
@@ShangaelThunda222 The slate is getting wiped clean indeed, although how that looks none us can see. I am not a worshiper 😉
@@resurgam75 I can see it. And if I'm being completely honest, it's not going that well for us. It's still going pretty badly. But there is opportunity ahead. 🔥😈🔥
lol they demonized Her like so many of the primordial goddesses who predate a lot of these bum gods lol. be wary of how tiamat, lilith, mary magdalene, asherah, al-lat and others are depicted is all i can say lol
Yes! They twist it with lies and always make the dark mothers out to be pure evil.
Tiamat's wrath is the greatest... But she only protected herself, as do all monsters in history.
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Wow Usually The Tiamat and AbZu Story makes me so Angry and Frustrated But Yours Made me Cry 🐍🔱🌹🌠✌️
She resonates with every over stressed mother lol
Just as easy as one too 😂
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Has to be my favorite power ❤
I think its the opposite. Tiamat was terrorized by Marduk, Amen Ra or Mars who wanted domination over the feminine energy.
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You are so on the money here it's not even funny but sadly history and mythology written by the victors smh
I thought Tiamat was a planet that was destroyed millions of years ago. Some of her debris is what formed the asteroid belt near Mars.
Exactly 💯
Same
I really like how this explains how the earth was formed etc . Well the enuma elish anyways :) ❤
Do u guys think Neptune gave him freshwater too bring too earth? Also where is en lil?
I love dragons … this is quite interesting. I remember learning a lot of this in my teens when I was acing a history class. I love learning about history of different cultures and the “ primordial “ beings of their own background.
Learned something new.👍😊
Can you cover Hanbi and Ereshkigal next?
Reminds me of Abaloth from star wars
That's who abeloth is based on
1000 likes ..your welcom😂😂 and thank you for your accurate videos
If your not making the world out of a monsters body. Your doing something wrong! 😂
More like if you're not make the word out of your ancestors dead body you're not doing it right
I've tried to research this, but I couldn't find much. What became of her 11 "monsters?" Were they slain, subjugated, trapped, different things for each 1?
I too wonder this, Maybe they were made into the calendar? bull taurus, scorpio, etc? just a guess.
@@kensworld81 Some, maybe. The calendar has a complex history, unfortunately. After all, we're stuck w month names that suggest other things. September (7th), October (8th), November (9th), December (10th) that give a false impression (minus 2) of what they're for. Some constellations though, do roughly correspond to those monsters.
I hope someone from God of War sees this
Right gotta do home work if you want it done right
“He bent her tail up to make the Milky Way” maaaan, I love ancient mythology to an extent. Some of it is just so stupid sounding. Just real thoughts from my modern brain.
Is Anu, Anubis?
The end is a fairy tale. Signed Tiamat. I am well alive while Marduk is dying 😂😂😂😂🌅🌅🌅🌅🎯🍾🎉🏹
Marduk didn't do these things he obtained rulership over the earth and then wrote himself in history as the ancient hero of the annunaki
Also known as Achlys, Sekmet, and a huge list of names ❤️🌀💙 (Hathor/Sekmet this time around)
Sekmet/Hathor are not primordial gods. Sekmet is the Egyptian goddess of chaos, yes but, she is not a goddess of water. She is the goddess of the hot desert sun! The exact opposite of Tiamat, more akin to Poseidon or Neptunus Equester AKA Neptune.
Primordial gods basically means the original gods/elements were based on the elemental natures of Earth, Sun, Solar System, galactic and/or the universe. Take the Titanomachy, for example, where the young Olympians who were the children of the Titans. The Olympians had overthrown The Titans with giants and monsters from the renowned classical greek literature and jailed the Titans under mount Tartarus where they will be imprisoned. This brings forth a new age on Earth. The gods are just as wrathful as the Titans but at least life would have been somewhat normal and free to do as they please, within the confines of ancient Greco law.
@@amodernalchemist432 😉❤️💙 Hathor is the first female Pharaoh of Egypt... and the FIRST Pharaoh there is. I am using pre-tense terms as we are about to start this show all over again. YOUR HIS story is nothing other than bullshit. Everything starts with the divine and ends up being a shit show.
Then Yahweh came back to Spare the Mother Byrde and shut out Marduk for rapping His only Wife “Tia Ma”At” way to go Dad!!!! Mom still loves you ❤
Multiple magic cards were used as art
Long A. TiamAAt
What about Kur & why is Tiamat considered the oldest monster/deity/dragon ever when Kur predates her as the Sumerian civilization is the known mother-civilization of Akkadian & Babylonian? Kur is in the Mesopotamian/Sumerian creation myth & is the Mesopotamian underworld itself, & the one that dragged Ereshkagil down. Why is there so little data on Kur?
EASY NOW THAT'S MAH WIFE YA TALKING BOUT
Marduk (DOOK), not duck (quack quack). Come on man.
Let’s be real here, his name doesn’t deserve to be remembered, let alone pronounced correctly.
Sounds like Hilary C
Within the first 30 seconds... the reason she spawned all those gods was bc Ea (Enki) killed apsu first once he learned of her plan to exterminate them bc they were “too loud” so Tiamat spawned the gods to avenge Apsu
you realize all these gods were literal planets, right? and this why the stories are so fantastic. these planets were very close to Earth.
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Its nice to see other Mythology Explained subjects because the Christian ones were overtaking the channel.
Verity is nice. It stops the channel from becoming stale.
Damn these gods always get terrorized by women.. 🙈😂
Can't blame them, women are crazy bruh.
You have it backwards…. Check yourself and your projections. You sound as entitled and ungrateful as Ea and Marduk.
The Goddess Tiamat is the very embodiment of primordial evil and chaos.
Just chaos. Not evil. People equate the two but chaos does not always mean evil.
Timat is completely pointless
Just get quilin and go to sunken city lol
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Anu and everyone was scared to fight Tiamat. Marduk agrees to fight her if the rest of them would give him the tablets of destiny and make him their king. When they agreed, he killed Tiamat and became the King of the gods
Ninurta did the whole monster slaying, and tablet recovery thing first! Marduk is a rip off!
How do you think we were created?! Bc we didn’t naturally evolve on the planet: something created the earth and everything on it.
Your question isn't a question. You're trying to stuff your own opinion in before an answer can be made (so therefore no one is taking your bait after 8 months).
If you genuinely want an open discussion on the topic with others of varying thought and beliefs try -
"how do YOU think life on earth started?", might garner more results that way.
No wants a "i dont think it was created-
"-YOU'RE WRONG AND ONLY THOSE WHO FOLLOW MY BELIEFS ARE RIGHT!!!!!" Convo.
@@charlottemunday7311 no shit Sherlock it’s called a rhetorical question. Ever heard of em?
@@matthewwaldrup149 Again, you will notice in the 1st sentence "no one is taking yr bait after 8 months".
You dont want a discussion because yr going to be a petulant child plugging your ears.
Your aggression is unwarrented and i find you unpleasant so i will be off.
Toodle loo
@@matthewwaldrup149 Grown ups have intellectual conversations on topics of interest. Toddlers scream "No!" And throw tantrums.
As im childfree by choice i shall not waste anymore of your time.
Toodle loo
I hope this is good or im never seeing this channel again