Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . co o ^ c = u. THE BIRTH OF THE GODS tained in its final form in what are known as theSeven Tablets of Creation, brought from the libraryof Assur-bani-pal at Nineveh and now in the BritishMuseum. These have from time to time been supple-mented by later finds, but we may take it that inthis record we have the final official developmentof Babylonian belief, due to the priests of Babylon,after that city had become the metropolis of theempire. The primary object of the Seven Tabletswas to record a terrific fight between Bel and theDragon, and the account o
Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . co o ^ c = u. THE BIRTH OF THE GODS tained in its final form in what are known as theSeven Tablets of Creation, brought from the libraryof Assur-bani-pal at Nineveh and now in the BritishMuseum. These have from time to time been supple-mented by later finds, but we may take it that inthis record we have the final official developmentof Babylonian belief, due to the priests of Babylon,after that city had become the metropolis of theempire. The primary object of the Seven Tabletswas to record a terrific fight between Bel and theDragon, and the account of the creation is insertedby way of introduction. It is undoubtedly the mostimportant find dealing with Babylonian religionthat has as yet come to light. Before we advanceany critical speculations respecting it, let us setforth the story which it has to tell. As in so many creation myths^ we find chaoticdarkness brooding over a waste of waters ; heavenand earth were not as yet. Naught existed savethe primeval ocean, Mommu Tiawath,^ from whosefertile de
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