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firedragon In the late second millennium BCE, the salt-sea dragon Tiamat waged war against younger gods before Marduk defeated her.
firedragon The hybrid dragon served as the sacred companion of Babylon's patron god Marduk.
firedragon Swipe lightning bolts to discover how the Hittite rain god defeated the serpent Illuyanka.
Babylon's blue gate: The Ishtar Gate was covered in vibrant blue glazed bricks, making the golden dragons and bulls appear to float in a midday sky.
A primordial goddess in Babylonian mythology who personifies the ocean and chaos. In the Babylonian creation epic, the god Marduk slays this serpentine beast to create the cosmos.
In the Babylonian Enuma Elish, which hero-god defeats Tiamat to create the earth and heavens?
What distinctive feature characterizes the hind legs of the mušḫuššu dragon on the Ishtar Gate?
Which Babylonian king constructed the Ishtar Gate featuring the mušḫuššu dragon?
How do the Hittite storm god and his mortal helper defeat the dragon Illuyanka?