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Passages similar to: Enuma Elish — Other Accounts: Marduk Creation
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Enuma Elish
Other Accounts: Marduk Creation (OBV.17)
Marduk laid a reed upon the face of the waters
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet XI (9)
Nimush held the boat, allowing no sway. A fifth day, a sixth, Mt.…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet XI (3)
I will go down to the Apsu to live with my lord, Ea, and upon you he will rain down abundance, a profusion of fowl, myriad(!) fishes. He will bring to you a harvest of wealth, in the morning he will let loaves of bread shower down, and in the evening a rain…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet XI (8)
When the seventh day arrived, the storm was pounding, the flood was a war--struggling with itself like a woman writhing (in labor). The sea calmed, fell still, the whirlwind (and) flood stopped up.…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet X (11)
By the third day they had traveled a stretch of a month and a half, and Urshanabi arrived at the Waters of Death. Urshanabi said to Gilgamesh: "Hold back, Gilgamesh, take a punting pole, but your hand must not pass over the Waters of Death...!…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet XI (6)
I watched the appearance of the weather-- the weather was frightful to behold! I went into the boat and sealed the entry.…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet XI (2)
Ea, the Clever Prince(?), was under oath with them so he repeated their talk to the reed house: 'Reed house, reed house! Wall, wall!…
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet X (10)
Give me the markers! If possible, I will cross the sea; if not, I will roam through the wilderness!…