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Reading List
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 * 1) L.W. King (1902). Enuma Elish from The Seven Tablets of Creation.

2. http://www.britannica.com/topic/Kingu

Original
Kingu, also spelled Qingu, meaning "unskilled laborer," was a god in Babylonian mythology, and — after the murder of his father Abzu — the consort of the goddess Tiamat, his mother, who wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was killed by Marduk. Tiamat gave Kingu the 3 Tablets of Destiny, which he wore as a breastplate and which gave him great power. She placed him as the general of her army. However, like Tiamat, Kingu was eventually killed by Marduk. Marduk mixed Kingu's blood with earth and used the clay to mold the first human beings, while Tiamat's body created the earth and the skies. Kingu then went to live in the underworld kingdom of Ereshkigal, along with the other deities who had sided with Tiamat.

Revised
Kingu (also spelled Qingu, meaning "unskilled laborer"), was a god in Babylonian mythology, and- after the murder of his father, Abzu- the consort of the goddess Tiamat, his mother. She wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was killed by Marduk. Tiamat gave Kingu the three Tablets of Destiny, which he wore as a breastplate and which gave him "the power of Anu". She placed him as the general of her army. However, like Tiamat, Kingu was eventually killed by Marduk. Once Marduk came to fight against Tiamat and her army, Kingu lost the will to fight, and fled. Marduk killed Kingu, and mixed his blood with earth. Marduk used the clay to mold the first humans, while Tiamat's body created the earth and skies. Kingu then went to live in the underworld kingdom of Ereshkigal, along with the other deities who had sided with Tiamat.