This deity is the father of Nabu, god of wisdom, and although he is similar to the Sumerian god Shamash, he is actually a son of the water god Ea.
This deity is the father of Nabu, god of wisdom, and although he is similar to the Sumerian god Shamash, he is actually a son of the water god Ea. The god of pestilence Erra once terrorized the earth after convincing this god to leave it unprotected. The Enuma Elish lists fifty names of this storm god, and although he was the basis for the protagonist of the apocryphal book Bel and the Dragon, his own symbol was a dragon named Mushhushu. The most famous feat of this god is his capture of the dragon Tiamat in his net and his destruction of her using the winds. For ten points, name this god who won back the Tablets of Destiny from Tiamat, and became the head of the Babylonian pantheon.
This deity is the father of Nabu, god of wisdom, and although he is similar to the Sumerian god Shamash, he is actually a son of the water god Ea.
Marduk